[edge919]

You can keep trying to dismiss that you took the quote out of context and omitted the words that reversed the meaning, but that’s what you did.

The problem is, professor, that the omitted words do NOT reverse the meaning of anything. You're example does not match what was quoted from the decision. I'll fix it and then let's see how honest you are.

A. "your parents agreed to let you play in the lake ..."
B. "Your Mom, who originally decided to only let smart kids play in the lake, didn't understand that she and your father would agree to let you play in the lake too, as is manifest from a contract they signed two years after her original decision."

[sometime lurker]

Not the same and you know it.

You said "Gray affirmed, when he said the Supreme Court was:" .. committed to the view ..."Except that Gray said the opposite, not that the Supreme Court was committed to the view, but rather

neither Mr. Justice Miller nor any of the justices who took part in the decision of The Slaughterhouse Cases understood the court to be committed

If you can't see the difference, I'll break it down for you:

• Your assertion and quote says that "Gray affirmed" the Supreme Court was committed to a certain view.
• The complete quote says that Gray recognizes the justices were not committed to that view.

  Get the difference? Exact opposites.