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lastlib

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8. Yes, I recall that background from my history/poliSci courses....

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 15, 2020, 11:09 AM

Oct 2020

Maybe she wouldn't be out of a job if it didn't exist, but she would lose her authority to kill ACA and the other laws she doesn't like. (But, I think it's fair to say, that's the "job" she has been given by her appointer....along with installing him for another term over the wishes of the voters.)

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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