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He received his Ph.D. in government from Claremont Graduate School, and he is assistant editor of the Encyclopedia of the Constitution.
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Mahoney, D.J. Declaration of independence. Society 24, 46–48 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695936
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