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To: C19fan

That’s the value of having a textualist or originalist on the Scotus.

It says what it says, and that should be the bottom line.

No more, no less.


5 posted on 04/24/2017 8:18:36 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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To: xzins
I think Scalia was inspried by the Star Trek TOS episode "Court Martial"

I'd be delighted to, sir, now that I've got something human to talk about. Rights, sir, human rights. The Bible, the Code of Hammurabi and of Justinian, Magna Carta, the Constitution of the United States, Fundamental Declarations of the Martian colonies, the Statutes of Alpha Three. Gentlemen, these documents all speak of rights. Rights of the accused to a trial by his peers, to be represented by counsel, the rights of cross-examination, but most importantly, the right to be confronted by the witnesses against him, a right to which my client has been denied.

6 posted on 04/24/2017 8:26:05 AM PDT by C19fan
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