The theory considered practical and adaptable to modern circumstances espoused by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. is known as the

A) living-constitution theory.
B) original-intent theory.
C) plain-meaning-of-the-text theory.
D) judicial review theory.
E) statutory interpretation theory.


A

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