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To: Cold Heat

I don't agree that she is a "Libertarian ideologue." She's an originalist, which is the reason she should be nominated.


2,574 posted on 10/27/2005 12:02:45 PM PDT by B Knotts (JRB for SCOTUS!)
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To: B Knotts
You can write whatever meaning you care to for that word.

It means nothing to me.

Originalist apparently comes from original intent, but it is but one of many factors in a constitutional view.

If it is the only view, it is most definitely a horse and buggy Libertarian view. I don't want that on the court if that is all she is and frankly, the term sucks.

Does it mean original intent, or strict construction. Does it include a verbatim assumption of meaning, or does it mean a 18th century understanding.

It means nothing. It has no substance and by it's self can be viewed differently though the eyes of different federalist views like Jackson, Jefferson, Madison....

It means nothing......Too simplistic and far too broad.
2,649 posted on 10/27/2005 12:34:50 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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