The rule of law is exactly as intelligent as the mutability of said law.
@polyparadigm Abstract values, perhaps. Actual laws, no. Constitutional originalism = cargo culting.Fairness is a value, not a law.
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@vgr Fairness & mutability are values that the governed might ascribe to laws. Similarly, strength is a property, not a material. -
@polyparadigm And that attribution/ascription can change as conditions change. A law that seems fair today might seem unfair tomorrow, etc
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@vgr I agree originalists are profoundly wrong, but less-extreme constitutionalism gives laws a predictability that citizens seem to like. -
@polyparadigm Of course. But people also like religion, free cookies etc. Doesn't translate to effectiveness. Likability necessary, not suff
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