Posted on 06/27/2016 4:26:07 PM PDT by Cheerio
According to 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner in a post published to Slate, U.S. judges should stop studying the Constitution.
“I see absolutely no value to a judge of spending decades, years, months, weeks, day, hours, minutes, or seconds studying the Constitution, the history of its enactment, its amendments, and its implementation,” Posner argued.
“Eighteenth-century guys, however smart, could not foresee the culture, technology, etc., of the 21st century,” he continued. “Which means that the original Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the post–Civil War amendments (including the 14th), do not speak to today.”
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And they’re even more wrong about that.
Face it: so-called progressives are just wrong.
Time to hit the reset button
Stupid jackass snowflake should find himself removed.
He has been on the bench for 35 years. If they haven’t impeached him by now, they never will.
A domestic enemy.
He should be tarred, feathered and run out of his town.
We used to do that, you know.
And cretins like him got the message.
Cant unless you file,your own business taxes. What you can do is up the dependents so high they take out hardly anything.
Each justice or judge of the United States shall take the following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of his office: “I, ___ ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as ___ under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”
Bingo !!! Agree.....
That what we have. Posner's point, and I submit it is well taken, is that the historical meaning or interpretation of the cosntitution is irrelevant, becuase SCOTUS rewrites it.
David Strauss is right: The Supreme Court treats the Constitution like it is authorizing the court to create a common law of constitutional law, based on current concerns, not what those 18th-century guys were worrying about.
Are law professors too respectful of the Supreme Court? - Richard A. Posner
Now, he is going to try to walk this back by saying he is referring to professors, and that the rest of us should respect SCOTUS decisions as having foundation in "the constitution."
But fact of the matter is, the constitution was murdered by the courts decades ago.
“...IS the GOP going to IMPEACH this follow?...”
Are you kidding? They were to afraid to impeach and try Obama...to protect their cushy rackets. Why should they bother with this communist clown??
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/453
Each justice or judge of the United States shall take the following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of his office: “I, ___ ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as ___ under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”
his view is common among law professors and judges.
the WANT to make law because they believe THEY are the smartest in the room and HATE being tied to the law.
imagine this idiot and the second amendment.
We are in deep, deep shite. These people have been placed everywhere in our government. Now apparently they feel it’s safe to come out of the shadows.
There would be no 2nd amendment.
He should have a quick interview with a congressional committee and if that is his opinion, he should be shown the door.
These liberal judges are surly asking for it - what does he think will happen if Hillary is president and suspends the Constitution in order to write a new one?
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