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To: Evolution
[ Where are the moderates? ]
"...On the DU board! Just kidding but seriously a "Living Constitution" is the view of liberals and used to take away our liberties..."

You are of course right about that, and a piercing speech about the fallacies of the Living Constitution theory was delivered on CSPAN by Judge Scalia just a few days ago. But since Scalia doesn't merit the same exposure in the media as the latest celebrity murderer, it falls to us bomb throwers to "PING" that debate back, by shoving such concepts of back into the debate. Even if by subterfuge. Bills of attainder were prohibited, so that specific individuals couldn't be punished by laws passed through Congress for that purpose. The idea was to keep Congress from playing judge and usurping the power of the judiciary. Now Congress may enact a "reverse" bill of Attainder, the "Let's not kill Schiavo" law, passed specifically so that a specific individual may be saved. This will perhaps begin the process of preventing judges from usurping the power of the Legislature and playing Congressman. Whatever returns us to being a nation of law, and not a nation of judges.

11 posted on 03/20/2005 1:10:39 PM PST by pickrell (Old dog, new trick...sort of)
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To: pickrell
This will perhaps begin the process of preventing judges from usurping the power of the Legislature and playing Congressman. Whatever returns us to being a nation of law, and not a nation of judges.

Well if you support doing that then your not a moderate according to the MSM you are an extremely extreme extremist!

"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."

Barry Goldwater

14 posted on 03/20/2005 1:24:49 PM PST by Evolution
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