Subdermal (03-21-2017)
Originalists are basically conservative political activist judges. They pretend to know that the Framers were thinking 250 years go. They use flimsy evidence to do so. In other words, they use originalism as an excuse to rule based on their political agenda. This makes their rulings very predictable and without accountability, as we saw with Scalia.
Here's an example: Scalia thought that the Framers thought that corporations had rights that people have. The result was Citizens United -- one of the most ridiculous decisions in the history of the SCOTUS.
I have a big cook.
Yeah, the words and writings of the Framers themselves.
Real flimsy evidence.
Scalia wasn't perfect, but he was probably the finest jurist to ever sit on the Supreme Court.In other words, they use originalism as an excuse to rule based on their political agenda. This makes their rulings very predictable and without accountability, as we saw with Scalia.
MisterVeritis (03-21-2017),Subdermal (03-21-2017)
I have a big cook.
MisterVeritis (03-21-2017),resister (03-21-2017),Subdermal (03-21-2017)
“Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured…but not everyone must prove they are a citizen. And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.”
Jim Hays