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To: Texasforever
I don't even know what the heck it means. If a judge were an "originalist" he would have to throw away all but the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Than means about 10 more would have to be ignored. The term "originalist" is meaningless.

Horse puckey. The other amendments would just be looked at in the light their original meaning, just like the first 10 and the body of the original Constitution.

377 posted on 07/18/2005 10:38:12 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: El Gato
Horse puckey. The other amendments would just be looked at in the light their original meaning, just like the first 10 and the body of the original Constitution.

Not horse puckey. It is a meaningless term. The gold standard for conservative courts has been "strict constructionist" for as long as the debate about what constitutes a conservative court. This "origialnist" clap trap is no different than all of the verbal gymnastics that goes nto trying to define the term "conservative" that has been going on in the past few years. From what I can see those that use the term "originalist" want is their very own mirror image of the Warren court. They want ACTIVISTS on the bench and brother we have had enough of that.

385 posted on 07/18/2005 10:47:30 PM PDT by Texasforever
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