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To: rlmorel

On the Constitution, have a look at originalism. Thomas is an originalist, as were Scalia and Bork.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Originalism

...better than constructionism.


19 posted on 09/26/2018 8:15:17 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: familyop

You are correct there...thank you for that post. I made the common mistake of using the two as synonyms...and they aren’t. I don’t want to keep making that mistake.

I am personally more of an originalist myself, owning several variants of “The Federalist Papers” which plumb much of the sentiments at that time and try to address them.

Many things change, technology changes, but the basic precepts of the thoughts behind the Constitution are sound and extremely well thought out.


25 posted on 09/28/2018 5:05:05 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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