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To: LibertarianInExile
The only debate that should be taking place-in my opinion-is between the "Constitution in exile" scholars and the textualists.

I might agree with the Bork/Scalia model-when it comes to legislative and executive discretionary powers not being encroached upon by the courts-and the Thomas/D. Ginsburg model-as far as upholding core Constitutional values is concerned, e.g. property rights, the correct interpretation of the commerce clause, etc.,-but I don't believe that either approach is wholly meritless.

However, I can't say the same of the ad hoc, politically expedient, self-absorbed approach taken by the Breyer school on ALL of these issues.

79 posted on 10/24/2005 7:38:55 AM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("We don't want a Supreme Court justice just like George W. Bush. We can do better.")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

Were it my nomination to make--and it ain't, and won't be--I would be in agreement. I don't approve of the Briers, er, Breyer/O'Connor camp, either.

But what do I know, being an elitist sexist ignorant extortionist Buchananite Libertarian fringe freakazoid?


84 posted on 10/24/2005 1:54:45 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (Miers: A meticulous, detail-oriented woman...who forgets to pay her bar dues twice.)
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