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lastlib

(28,695 posts) Thu Oct 15, 2020, 10:53 AM Oct 2020

So Judge Conehead Barret, you're an "originalist"--Does that mean.... [View all]

...that my friend is still three-fifths of a man?
---that a woman is still property?
---that the "Space Force" and Air Force are unconstitutional? They're not mentioned in the Constitution, and I'm pretty sure James Madison was dead-set against folks flying and riding rockets into orbit.
---that I have to turn in my car and get a horse?
---"Judicial review" is not mentioned in the Constitution either--so does that put you out of a job?

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So Judge Conehead Barret, you're an "originalist"--Does that mean.... [View all] lastlib Oct 2020 OP

don't forget lapfog_1 Oct 2020 #1

Good point! lastlib Oct 2020 #4

originalist equals ideological cherry picker with a heavy side order of theocracy. Thomas Hurt Oct 2020 #2

Yeah, some very "original" thinking indeed. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #5

And THAT is their goal. Budi Oct 2020 #6

They're not Americans in her world--they don't count. lastlib Oct 2020 #9

Her President said they should all back go home. Budi Oct 2020 #11

Send that list to Sens Hiroino or Amy K Budi Oct 2020 #3

An Odd Point About Judicial Review, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #7

Yes, I recall that background from my history/poliSci courses.... lastlib Oct 2020 #8

'Originalists' are to the Constitution what 'inerrantists' are to the Bible. sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 #10