Originalism is akin to the Fundamentalists' <insert the name of the preferred sacred text here> literalism: The idea is -- literally -- meaningless. There is no such thing as the founders' "original intent," even when one is literate enough (which the Five Fascists are not) to take into account those documents that actually matter. (These would include the Federalist papers and NOT, per Alito, the insane and irrelevant ramblings of a 17th C. "Jurist". I mean, why not invoke judicial combat? I could even get behind that, especially since I am likely a far better swordsman than any of those animals.)
The five Supreme Court fascists (Roberts is an occasional wild card, but let's call him their "plus one") are -- regardless of their superior *schooling* -- un*educated* hypocrites devoid of a shred of decency, and indifferent to even the abstract possibility of anything like logical coherence in their single-mindedly savage pursuit of unbounded, hegemonic power.
I believe it was Thomas Paine who said (something to the effect) that it was as pointless to use logic with those who have abandoned reason as it is to administer medicine to the dead.
Isn't interesting that those who demand that we respect the 2nd Amendment cling to the final 14 words as if their life depended on it even as they complete ignore the first 13? Cherry-pick much??
Right you are. It's the elasticity of their "interpretations" that confound me. One day, states have no rights (open carry as a nationwide right). The next day, states have rights (to deny women access to reproductive healthcare). They're out of their minds.
They occupy a moral and theological universe that more closely resemble Bizarro World...and only they know the traffic laws. To those of you who told me to "get over it" in November, 2016, go fuck yourselves.
Originalism is akin to the Fundamentalists' <insert the name of the preferred sacred text here> literalism: The idea is -- literally -- meaningless. There is no such thing as the founders' "original intent," even when one is literate enough (which the Five Fascists are not) to take into account those documents that actually matter. (These would include the Federalist papers and NOT, per Alito, the insane and irrelevant ramblings of a 17th C. "Jurist". I mean, why not invoke judicial combat? I could even get behind that, especially since I am likely a far better swordsman than any of those animals.)
The five Supreme Court fascists (Roberts is an occasional wild card, but let's call him their "plus one") are -- regardless of their superior *schooling* -- un*educated* hypocrites devoid of a shred of decency, and indifferent to even the abstract possibility of anything like logical coherence in their single-mindedly savage pursuit of unbounded, hegemonic power.
I believe it was Thomas Paine who said (something to the effect) that it was as pointless to use logic with those who have abandoned reason as it is to administer medicine to the dead.
YES, YES, and...oh, yeah, YES. "Uneducated hypocrites devoid of a shred of decency." And that Thomas Paine quote is now etched on my heart.
Isn't interesting that those who demand that we respect the 2nd Amendment cling to the final 14 words as if their life depended on it even as they complete ignore the first 13? Cherry-pick much??
Right you are. It's the elasticity of their "interpretations" that confound me. One day, states have no rights (open carry as a nationwide right). The next day, states have rights (to deny women access to reproductive healthcare). They're out of their minds.
They occupy a moral and theological universe that more closely resemble Bizarro World...and only they know the traffic laws. To those of you who told me to "get over it" in November, 2016, go fuck yourselves.
We are in dire need of their impeachment, and the other three christo -fascist justices as well.
It would be one of my genie wishes. But we are never going to get 2/3rds majority out of those a-holes. Never.