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Keyser Soze

On 12/19/17 10:45 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:05:03 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 12/19/17 8:28 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:50:42 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

Pfffft. You Christians treat the bible like a cafeteria...believe this,
pick that, ignore those...it's a handy document.

Sort of like how liberals read the constitution.

The Constitution can be interpreted, but how that is done is a matter of
law. That's nothing like interpreting the bible.

How so? Nine people in black robes decide what the words mean in a
huge leap of faith. You only have to look at the total reversals, like
Dred Scott or Schenck to see that.
That is not "a matter of law" as much as a sign of the times.
It is no more so than how people take passages of the bible and bend
them to their current beliefs.

Wow!

Never noticed that before?
It is yet to be seen which decisions might be overturned when Trump
gets to replace Ginsberg. (Bryer is getting pretty old too). If the
5-4s are a lock for "textualist" conservatives we may see lots of
things being revisited. There have been plenty of things read into the
constitution that are simply not there and things that have been
ignored that are there.

With a lot of luck, the Repubs will lose the House and maybe the Senate
next year. If the latter happens, Trump's ability to further **** on the
judiciary will be cut back, and he will not be able to name another
right-wing extremist to the Supremes.