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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 16 Oct 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Jackie Speier

      Today in liberals who have never heard of the amendment process.https://twitter.com/RepSpeier/status/1316429328876556288 …

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      Jackie SpeierVerified account @RepSpeier
      Under an originalist reading of the Constitution Judge Barrett & I could not vote, own property or enjoy the full protection of the law. Senator Kamala Harris would not even be considered fully human. The Constitution is a living, breathing document meant to evolve with the times
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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 16 Oct 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Rep. Barbara Lee

      In Barbara Lee's case, it's not surprising she does not know the Constitution can be, & has been, amended by the people rather than the courtshttps://twitter.com/RepBarbaraLee/status/1316506258783043586 …

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      Rep. Barbara LeeVerified account @RepBarbaraLee
      An “originalist” reading of the Constitution would disqualify Judge Barrett, or any woman, from serving on the Supreme Court or from owning property or voting. “Originalism” is a cover for deeply unpopular & un-democratic policies, not some kind of serious judicial philosophy.
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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 16 Oct 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Mohamed

      The originalist argument in 1865 was, literally, that states could ban slavery, Congress could ban it in the territories, but permanently, federally banning slavery in the states required an amendment - that's why Lincoln, who was an originalist, pushed one through Congress.https://twitter.com/BloodyMathias88/status/1317103063690334208 …

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      Mohamed @BloodyMathias88
      Replying to @baseballcrank @gtconway3d
      Yeah, the originial constitution is so great it forgot a few things that later needed to be amended, like slavery. Wonder what the originalist argument was in 1865? 🤔 It evolves with the times, folks.
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        1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 16 Oct 2020

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted His Royal Madjesty

          Yes, the Founders expected amendments, made two of them themselves even after adding the Bill of Rights. Originalism is the idea that changing it is the job of the people, not the judgeshttps://twitter.com/RoyalMadjesty/status/1317103454914007042 …

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          His Royal Madjesty @RoyalMadjesty
          Replying to @baseballcrank @gtconway3d
          Yeah, but the fact that such a thing as an amendment process exists makes her sentence correct: "The Constitution is a living, breathing document meant to evolve with the times". That's what constitutional amendments are for. They evolve the constitution.
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        1. Mark Wetzler‏ @Wex2 16 Oct 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Lincoln wasn't on the Court and ideas that are under 100 yrs old can be considered contemporary for legal purposes.

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        1. Stella Rober‏ @xsf19705 16 Oct 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Lincoln was an originalist? Funny Originalism didn’t exist until it dribbled out the asses of white male conservatives in the 70s as the Warren/Burger courts brought the Bill of Rights and 14th amendment to life for non white prople! 🛑🤡💺

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        2. Brandon Music‏ @BrandonMusicKy 16 Oct 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          They, for instance, try to come up with the "true meaning" of intentionally vague terms, they don't say who's true meaning is appropriate, when ratifying conventions had different beliefs about the document. Also, you try to glean intent from non primary source documents.

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        3. TNCannuck‏ @TNCannuck 16 Oct 2020
          Replying to @BrandonMusicKy @baseballcrank

          The original public meaning that was common at the time of ratification. The secret desires of the writers or ratifiers are irrlevant, unless they were put into the text.

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        1. TNCannuck‏ @TNCannuck 16 Oct 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @ThePoliticalHat

          The “living document” activist court interpretation was Dred Scott. That took away the state power to ban slavery within their own borders.

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        2. American Rebel‏ @rebels2008 16 Oct 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Well the only reason that banning slavery nationwide had to be done through a constitutional amendment is because the Southern slave states and owners would have challenged a simple federal statute and it would likely have been overturned by SCOTUS.

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        3. American Rebel‏ @rebels2008 16 Oct 2020
          Replying to @rebels2008 @baseballcrank

          Slavery should have been antithetical to our nation's founding from the very beginning. However, the Founding Fathers weren't willing to break up the young United States by trying to outlaw slavery.

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