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Silent3

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21. You have to take into account the Constitution is shorter than many click-thru software licenses
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 11:27 AM
Oct 2020

You don't have to be a "textualist" or an "originalist" to accept that the Constitution doesn't make a lot of sense unless you take into account some of the understood context and history of jurisprudence that it was meant to stand upon.

While it might seem awfully strict to limit "enemy" to mean a country with which there is a declared state of war, the Constitution certainly doesn't go the other way and declare the term broadly, and it does make clear the process for declaring war, so that's the best (and safest) means to understand the term "enemy" in a Constitutional way.

Now, when it comes to supporting some of these domestic terrorists (AKA "militia groups" ), it could well be said that some are trying to "make war" upon our country, even if they aren't a declared enemy, and that those groups can reasonably be called treasonous for doing so.

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Pls explain what case this is about. The link just goes to a site... brush Oct 2020 #1
I wonder how much he was paid Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #2
What shop owner? What crime? Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #3
??? SharonClark Oct 2020 #4
I assume this is the Hunter Biden laptop story? MissB Oct 2020 #5
This seems very likely MustLoveBeagles Oct 2020 #8
What's this about? MustLoveBeagles Oct 2020 #6
No idea. cwydro Oct 2020 #11
He didn't "adheres to their enemies". NutmegYankee Oct 2020 #7
You know who has adhered to our enemies? Trump and his minions. bullimiami Oct 2020 #9
As far as the Constitution is concerned, we currently have no enemies Silent3 Oct 2020 #10
Is that written somewhere I missed? bullimiami Oct 2020 #12
US Constitution, Article III, Section 3 NutmegYankee Oct 2020 #14
So nowhere is it in the actual Constitution that a state of war must be declared. bullimiami Oct 2020 #18
Court rulings and the common plain meaning of the term in Common Law. NutmegYankee Oct 2020 #19
sorry. court rulings and common meaning is not the constitution no matter how hard you try. bullimiami Oct 2020 #20
You don't think Common law governs? NutmegYankee Oct 2020 #22
You have to take into account the Constitution is shorter than many click-thru software licenses Silent3 Oct 2020 #21
Call your Congressman right now!!!! Arazi Oct 2020 #13
Apparently it's a secret. cwydro Oct 2020 #15
context IS everything! Demonaut Oct 2020 #16
What the hell are you talking about??? GoCubsGo Oct 2020 #17
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