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To: JeffAtlanta
Thank you for your reply!

I want the court to follow the laws as written and within reason, the spirit of the origin. If we do this, if we don't like a ruling then we just change the law.

That is no doubt what you will get - a moderate - but please remember that prior decisions are settled law as well - and thus, all the straying from the original intent can never be corrected without legislation.
2,502 posted on 10/27/2005 11:41:20 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
Me:I want the court to follow the laws as written and within reason, the spirit of the origin.
You: That is no doubt what you will get - a moderate

It's not clear how someone how an origialist or a textualist could be considered a moderate.

The terms moderate, liberal and conservative have no meaning in the judicial arena. They only apply if the person violates their obligations and bases rulings on political ideology rather than the actual law.

We have a legislative branch to write the laws and we have method to amend the constitution, why blur the lines and put the judicial branch into legislative business?

2,517 posted on 10/27/2005 11:46:56 AM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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