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America Could Use Some More Magna Carta, Say New Hampshire Lawmakers

By Dan Amira

There’s probably some good guidance about the war on terror in there. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Many politicians these days yearn for an America more grounded in the original intent of the Constitution. A few legislators in New Hampshire want us to reach for inspiration even further back in time:

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