Original sentence: However, a footnote does not legally have the same persuasive value as an actual discussion during the Convention.James Madison's notes, from the Constitutional Convention in 1787, include a footnote where he says that the Constitution would allow the federal government to make "use of public notes as far as they could be safe & proper", but would not allow the federal government to use paper as currency or legal tender.The idea that originalism would necessarily require courts to strike down paper money and send the economy into a tailspin is a very common misconception
Edited sentence: However, a footnote does not have the same persuasive value as an actual discussion during the Convention, and neither has the persuausive value of the actual words in the Constitution.James Madison's notes, from the Constitutional Convention in 1787, include a footnote where he says that the Constitution would allow the federal government to make "use of public notes as far as they could be safe & proper", but would not allow the use of paper as currency or legal tender.The idea that originalism would require courts to strike down paper money and send the economy into a tailspin is a very common misconception