The Constitution: It ain't long. It ain't complicated and only idiot lawyers can make it so.
This is the absolute BEST post I have seen. Great job!
Have you ever briefed, argued, or written a constitutional decision?
Only a fool overlooks the fact that along with the document itself and the 25 ammendments you have 200 years of case law. If you dont understand the history, the case law, etc. you are left blowing in the wind by input you receive, desired or not, from the other eight justices and your own clerks. If you dont have a judicial philosophy and no knowledege of case law, you are ignorant and have no more right to be on the court than a lawyer has to perform heart surgery. Crawl back in your buggy, AmishDude, this is the real world.