I am richly aware of, and thoroughly disgusted by, the literary/judicial philosophy that you refer to. A fringe benefit of this amendment clause would be to tell the Larry Tribes of this world to seek another form of employment since they are no longer needed as molders of the Constitution in their positions as Professors of Constitutional Law (tenured and in a named chair, or otherwise).
In any war, the goal is always to shoot all of the enemy, until the survivors decide to surrender. I am hoping that the enemy in this case are sufficiently cowardly that the killing will be minimal and the surrendering will be wholesale. But that can't occur until we begin to fight.
John / Billybob
I am richly aware of, and thoroughly disgusted by, the literary/judicial philosophy that you refer to. A fringe benefit of this amendment clause would be to tell the Larry Tribes of this world to seek another form of employment since they are no longer needed as molders of the Constitution in their positions as Professors of Constitutional Law (tenured and in a named chair, or otherwise).That would be a nice fringe benefit :) IMO these liberal judges are going to keep on breeding until we clean out their nests in the law schools, so if this amendment would hit them there as well, it's right on target.