222 years of inflation
Earlier today I bought my textbooks for the upcoming semester, including my book for ConLaw I — Chemerinsky’s Constitutional Law 3rd Edition casebook.
Lugging this thing to class is cruel and unusual punishment...
Now I’m not exactly as smart as our Founding Fathers, but I have to imagine even they would think this is a little excessive 
On the left: my pocket Constitution, in 10pt font, roughly 3.25″ wide by 6.25″ tall, including a Foreword, the Declaration of Independence, an Index, and a list of “Dates to Remember” relating to the Constitution’s creation and ratification, spanning a svelte 46 pages.
On the right: Chemerinsky’s casebook, also in 10pt font, roughly 7.25″ wide by 10″ tall, without any of the pocket Constitution’s “extras” yet spanning… 1,825 pages 
Can you picture how long it would have taken for the Founders to hand-write and then typeset something this huge back around 1788 when the Constitution took effect?
And how much bigger is this thing going to be 50ish years from now? 
