Remember when a lot of people got their underwear tied up in knots over a magazine article raising the possibility that there could be another founding than 1776. https://twitter.com/AlisonSomin/status/1316424344189448192 …
So the founding document is just a nice piece of rhetoric. Cool.
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........yes? It was an explanation for why we declared independence. Which is why the Founders expected July 2nd -- the passage of the actual resolution -- to be celebrated. But the unexpectedly soaring rhetoric of the DoI dominated. Jefferson didn't even want to write it.
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As usual: Jeet Heer, Brain Elsewhere.
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DOI is an op-ed. Constitution is where law is decided.
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I literally don't get it. Yes, that's exactly what it is. What do YOU maintain it is?
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When you're *this* close to getting it but just can't close the show.
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Yes, Jeet, it is.
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That’s literally what it is. Dude, seriously? No competent lawyer would tell you the declaration is law. There are reasons to oppose Barrett, this ain’t it.
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