PhDeac
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Pwned by typos
Clearly you can’t understand the original intent of deaconson’s post.
Pwned by typos
Pwned by typos
It also simultaneously says too little and too much. On the one hand, in some respects, of course slaveowners still run this country. The structure of our government was designed by them. Separation of powers, enumerated powers, bicameralism, etc. are still features of our government, and none of these features have anything to do with slavery. On the other hand, of course slaveowners don’t still run the country. The Civil War Amendments abolished slavery about 150 years ago. Originalism doesn’t look to the original meaning of the constitutional provisions governing slavery, because those provisions no longer apply. Instead, when interpreting the original meaning of the Civil War Amendments, it looks to the original meaning of those amendments, the framers of which were decidedly not slaveowners.
So Ph’s statement is a nice soundbite, but it doesn’t withstand scrutiny. All he is really saying is that our republic was founded by slaveowners, which is something everyone knows.
Its interesting to note the Civil War Amendments because well we had a Civil War which kind of shows that maybe the constitution was severely flawed from the beginning, since once again it was written and 75 years later we had a civil war.
lol @ "forgot"
If only the constitution had a built-in way of being amended.
Originalism stands as a bulwark against both left- and right-leaning interpretive philosophies.
Our government has literally shuttered businesses. Ok.
There are people sitting in jail who cannot get a trial. Ok.
Extend the deadline of when the results of an election can be reported by one week? Nope.