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No one is asking them to make policy, although Lord knows they do that all the time.
Exactly. Just ask the newest member of SCOTUS.
"They are being asked to enforce the Constitution. Pretty simple really. If they won't do that, they are FReaking useless."
Right. Interpreting the intent of the framers, IS (part of) their job!
Is Barry an NBC as intended by the framers for the position of POTUS...or isn't he?
I would not say quite that. I would say their job is determine what the words of the Constitution meant when written and ratified. What the Framers were intending the effect of those words to be matters less. Although expressed intent can be used to help determine what the wording meant.