Why I can't take "Strict Constructionists" seriously

[freeptop]

One of the GOPs talking points is always about how "activist judges" "legislate from the bench" instead of "strictly interpreting the Constitution" as it was written

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[freeptop]

As a side note, I think it's kind of awesome that we're now getting to the point where Supreme Court Justices are actually referencing Mortal Kombat and Vulcans from Star Trek during their court sessions.

[vanessasquest]

Honestly, what I think is hilarious is they doubt that veteran soldiers who wrote the Constitution after doing "immoral" guerrilla warfare and debauching Tories would have SUCH an issue with violence too? O_o? I mean, that's like saying a fisherman might have a problem with gutting a fish in front of their kid because they'd view that as tarnishing their innocence... we're working on a Victorian principle of childhood holding this naive sweetness instead of treating them like miniature adults (which was much closer to the philosophy around the 1700s) WTF?

In other words, I think James Madison would have stated in ye olde tongue: "Bitchin! Get that fucking sniper in the tree, Washington! We'll recruit him just in case the Brits try to come back!"