'Living Constitution' Faces a Mercy Killing

[Sun Devil 92]

Jonah Goldberg - 'Living Constitution' Faces a Mercy Killing

The second track is longer. Starting over a century ago, progressives began emphasizing ends over means. If the Supreme Court could deliver wins unattainable at the ballot box and unsupported by the Constitution, so be it. Thus was born the "living Constitution" -- the doctrine which holds that the magical parchment should mean whatever progressives need it to mean at any moment.

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This guy nailed it.

And the selection of an originalist will help get things to where they need to be.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

What a gigantic load of crap.

Conservatives cheat, gerrymander, and use whatever court they have a majority in to outright ignore the Constitution. Cheating is in con DNA.

Thanks for making their point.

 

[IsaacNewton]

What a gigantic load of crap.

Conservatives cheat, gerrymander, and use whatever court they have a majority in to outright ignore the Constitution. Cheating is in con DNA.

Thanks for making their point.

You think repeating what you hear from others makes a point? The OP is radical nonsense to be laughed at. You should figure out how strange it is when you try to appear coherent but miss the mark.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

What a gigantic load of crap.

Conservatives cheat, gerrymander, and use whatever court they have a majority in to outright ignore the Constitution. Cheating is in con DNA.

Thanks for making their point.

You think repeating what you hear from others makes a point? The OP is radical nonsense to be laughed at. You should figure out how strange it is when you try to appear coherent but miss the mark.

Like this is a new concept. The mention of a "Living Constitution" was from the 1930's.

FDR was pissed because the conservative court would not allow his bastardization to stand.

He tried his court packing scheme.

Death finally gave him a chance and he put a bunch of morons on the bench.

We are still reeling from the their stupdidity.

Time to do something different.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

What a gigantic load of crap.

Conservatives cheat, gerrymander, and use whatever court they have a majority in to outright ignore the Constitution. Cheating is in con DNA.

do u actually believe that the Democrats don't gerrymander?

 

[Sun Devil 92]

No one on Trump’s short list is fit to replace Kennedy

The Hill prints an article that is simply retarded:

Well......here is the claim.....

The White House should honor Kennedy’s legacy by discarding the Supreme Court short list generated by partisan special interests, and moving toward bipartisan consultation. But if that doesn’t happen — and experience suggests it won’t — advocates will not meekly retreat; the stakes are too high, and the administration has outraged too many.

Rather, this Supreme Court nomination will engender the most epic battle over such a nomination that this country has ever seen. Count on it.

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Count on what ???

What epic battle ? They can't stop anything.

 

[Dale Smith]

What a gigantic load of crap.

Conservatives cheat, gerrymander, and use whatever court they have a majority in to outright ignore the Constitution. Cheating is in con DNA.

While both parties at the top are "bought and paid for", the fabian socialists that took over the demcrat party in 1980 are a pox on this country that was founded as a REPUBLIC with unalienable rights while the commie ***** want to re-write the Constitution and Bill of Rights to fit their views. Cheating is a repub thing? I guess you missed the findings and hidden camera work of Project Veritas and the Wikileaks dump of DNC e-mails showing the utter corruption and criminality of the DNC. If'n I was a demcrat? I certainly wouldn't admit it because the shame would be too great. What I have learned is that leftards have no shame because the ends justifies the means

 

[frigidweirdo]

Jonah Goldberg - 'Living Constitution' Faces a Mercy Killing

The second track is longer. Starting over a century ago, progressives began emphasizing ends over means. If the Supreme Court could deliver wins unattainable at the ballot box and unsupported by the Constitution, so be it. Thus was born the "living Constitution" -- the doctrine which holds that the magical parchment should mean whatever progressives need it to mean at any moment.

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This guy nailed it.

And the selection of an originalist will help get things to where they need to be.

America’s most gerrymandered congressional districts

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Democrats won in nine of the 10 most-gerrymandered districts. But eight out of 10 of those districts were drawn by Republicans."

That's a district. Are you kidding me?

This is why Proportional Representation is much better.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Jonah Goldberg - 'Living Constitution' Faces a Mercy Killing

The second track is longer. Starting over a century ago, progressives began emphasizing ends over means. If the Supreme Court could deliver wins unattainable at the ballot box and unsupported by the Constitution, so be it. Thus was born the "living Constitution" -- the doctrine which holds that the magical parchment should mean whatever progressives need it to mean at any moment.

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This guy nailed it.

And the selection of an originalist will help get things to where they need to be.

America’s most gerrymandered congressional districts

"
Democrats won in nine of the 10 most-gerrymandered districts. But eight out of 10 of those districts were drawn by Republicans."

That's a district. Are you kidding me?

This is why Proportional Representation is much better.

So fix it.

What does that have to do with the O.P.

 

[cnm]

And the selection of an originalist will help get things to where they need to be.

Like the originalist Scalia who ignored the original militia context.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

And the selection of an originalist will help get things to where they need to be.

Like the originalist Scalia who ignored the original militia context.

I am good with that.

Still liked Scalia overall.

 

[Dan Stubbs]

Jonah Goldberg - 'Living Constitution' Faces a Mercy Killing

The second track is longer. Starting over a century ago, progressives began emphasizing ends over means. If the Supreme Court could deliver wins unattainable at the ballot box and unsupported by the Constitution, so be it. Thus was born the "living Constitution" -- the doctrine which holds that the magical parchment should mean whatever progressives need it to mean at any moment.

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This guy nailed it.

And the selection of an originator will help get things to where they need to be.

American Institute for Social Justice: AISJ's goal is to produce skilled community organizers who can “transform poor communities” by agitating for increased government spending on city services, drug interdiction, crime prevention, housing, public-sector jobs, access to healthcare, and public schools.
This is just one of the foundations at work for the Soros Foundation with the goal of over throwing the Life that we have or had. The real threats are from these orgs, and the goals that Soros has set for them.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Jonah Goldberg - 'Living Constitution' Faces a Mercy Killing

The second track is longer. Starting over a century ago, progressives began emphasizing ends over means. If the Supreme Court could deliver wins unattainable at the ballot box and unsupported by the Constitution, so be it. Thus was born the "living Constitution" -- the doctrine which holds that the magical parchment should mean whatever progressives need it to mean at any moment.

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This guy nailed it.

And the selection of an originalist will help get things to where they need to be.

Shouldn't the American Constitution be STRICTLY adhered to as it was WRITTEN ie. as America's Founding Fathers INTENDED it to be adhered to?

As a side point I have read the list of The Donald's 25 possible choices to replace that Anthony Kennedy, IMHO I like Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett, I commented about her the other night, I will in this thread give my reasons why I think she would be the best choice.

I think the best choice is a man or a woman aged about 46 years in age, who is a Practising Christian and is like that Antonin Scalia, Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett fills all criteria, born in 1972 aged 46 years in age, she is a Practising Roman Catholic her and her husband have SEVEN kidlets, she worked for a year for Antonin Scalia and on May 8 2017 The Donald nominated her to serve as a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit and her nomination was approved by The Senate 55-43.

The situation is it would be difficult for Democrats and also a few RINO Republicans to not confirm someone like Amy Coney Barrett for The Supreme Court when they already voted to approve her for that other court, also they would not be able to do their usual Smear Campaign which they are going to want to do because how would they justify doing that when they already approved her for the other Court already?

Also the Far Left HATE Amy Coney Barrett I was reading about when The Donald nominated her for that other Court and they were almost having Grand Mal Seizures.

The other great thing about nominating Amy Coney Barrett is that it will remind peoples of what RELIGIOUS BIGOTS the Democrats are, read in the below link, you can also Google for more information how that Dianne Feinstein a Jew and a RELIGIOUS BIGOT repeatedly subjected Barrett to a RELIGIOUS TEST by asking her about her CHRISTIAN FAITH and how she thought that DISQUALIFIED Barrett from being a Federal Judge, WTF what if someone would have asked Feinstein:

"So considering you are a Jew, is that going to get in the way of your making a fair decision?"

Amy Coney Barrett - Wikipedia

 

[Dan Stubbs]

And the selection of an originalist will help get things to where they need to be.

Like the originalist Scalia who ignored the original militia context.

Militia is a simple normal American citizen who is the last line of defense for this Nation, and the defenders of the Constitution that we defend each time we vote. The last Defense is when we pickup our guns and have to move to a revaluation stance. If you read the whole paper you will see where Revaluation is covered by the Constitution as a last resort.

 

[Dan Stubbs]

Jonah Goldberg - 'Living Constitution' Faces a Mercy Killing

The second track is longer. Starting over a century ago, progressives began emphasizing ends over means. If the Supreme Court could deliver wins unattainable at the ballot box and unsupported by the Constitution, so be it. Thus was born the "living Constitution" -- the doctrine which holds that the magical parchment should mean whatever progressives need it to mean at any moment.

******************

This guy nailed it.

And the selection of an originalist will help get things to where they need to be.

Shouldn't the American Constitution be STRICTLY adhered to as it was WRITTEN ie. as America's Founding Fathers INTENDED it to be adhered to?

As a side point I have read the list of The Donald's 25 possible choices to replace that Anthony Kennedy, IMHO I like Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett, I commented about her the other night, I will in this thread give my reasons why I think she would be the best choice.

I think the best choice is a man or a woman aged about 46 years in age, who is a Practising Christian and is like that Antonin Scalia, Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett fills all criteria, born in 1972 aged 46 years in age, she is a Practising Roman Catholic her and her husband have SEVEN kidlets, she worked for a year for Antonin Scalia and on May 8 2017 The Donald nominated her to serve as a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit and her nomination was approved by The Senate 55-43.

The situation is it would be difficult for Democrats and also a few RINO Republicans to not confirm someone like Amy Coney Barrett for The Supreme Court when they already voted to approve her for that other court, also they would not be able to do their usual Smear Campaign which they are going to want to do because how would they justify doing that when they already approved her for the other Court already?

Also the Far Left HATE Amy Coney Barrett I was reading about when The Donald nominated her for that other Court and they were almost having Grand Mal Seizures.

Amy Coney Barrett - Wikipedia

Sorry but I disagree I have several problems with your pick. But everyone has good pedigree that is on the list.

 

[cnm]

That's a district. Are you kidding me?

This is why Proportional Representation is much better.

In that instance it is not proportional representation you need so much as independent electoral commissions, rather than having parties draw boundaries.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

Jonah Goldberg - 'Living Constitution' Faces a Mercy Killing

The second track is longer. Starting over a century ago, progressives began emphasizing ends over means. If the Supreme Court could deliver wins unattainable at the ballot box and unsupported by the Constitution, so be it. Thus was born the "living Constitution" -- the doctrine which holds that the magical parchment should mean whatever progressives need it to mean at any moment.

******************

This guy nailed it.

And the selection of an originalist will help get things to where they need to be.

Shouldn't the American Constitution be STRICTLY adhered to as it was WRITTEN ie. as America's Founding Fathers INTENDED it to be adhered to?

As a side point I have read the list of The Donald's 25 possible choices to replace that Anthony Kennedy, IMHO I like Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett, I commented about her the other night, I will in this thread give my reasons why I think she would be the best choice.

I think the best choice is a man or a woman aged about 46 years in age, who is a Practising Christian and is like that Antonin Scalia, Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett fills all criteria, born in 1972 aged 46 years in age, she is a Practising Roman Catholic her and her husband have SEVEN kidlets, she worked for a year for Antonin Scalia and on May 8 2017 The Donald nominated her to serve as a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for The Seventh Circuit and her nomination was approved by The Senate 55-43.

The situation is it would be difficult for Democrats and also a few RINO Republicans to not confirm someone like Amy Coney Barrett for The Supreme Court when they already voted to approve her for that other court, also they would not be able to do their usual Smear Campaign which they are going to want to do because how would they justify doing that when they already approved her for the other Court already?

Also the Far Left HATE Amy Coney Barrett I was reading about when The Donald nominated her for that other Court and they were almost having Grand Mal Seizures.

Amy Coney Barrett - Wikipedia

Sorry but I disagree I have several problems with your pick. But everyone has good pedigree that is on the list.

What would you say is wrong in your opinion with Amy Coney Barrett?

 

[Dan Stubbs]

What a gigantic load of crap.

Conservatives cheat, gerrymander, and use whatever court they have a majority in to outright ignore the Constitution. Cheating is in con DNA.

While both parties at the top are "bought and paid for", the fabian socialists that took over the demcrat party in 1980 are a pox on this country that was founded as a REPUBLIC with unalienable rights while the commie ***** want to re-write the Constitution and Bill of Rights to fit their views. Cheating is a repub thing? I guess you missed the findings and hidden camera work of Project Veritas and the Wikileaks dump of DNC e-mails showing the utter corruption and criminality of the DNC. If'n I was a demcrat? I certainly wouldn't admit it because the shame would be too great. What I have learned is that leftards have no shame because the ends justifies the means

There is in fact a goal with Soros and his friendly foundations have setup
the agenda includes panels on rethinking polling and the left’s approach to winning the working-class vote, as well as sessions stressing the importance of channeling cash to state legislative policy battles and races, where Republicans won big victories last week.
Billionaire globalist financier George Soros’ MoveOn.org has been revealed to be a driving force behind the organizing of nationwide protests against the election of Donald Trump — exposing the protests to largely be an organized, top-down operation — and not an organic movement of concerned Americans taking to the streets as reported by the mainstream media.

Wednesday saw protests in the streets of at least 10 major U.S. cities. Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, D.C., Portland, Ore., St. Paul, Minn., Seattle, and several other cities saw protests, according to USA Today.

Both chambers of Congress remain in Republican hands. We are entering an era of profound and unprecedented challenge, a time of danger for our communities and our country. In this moment, we have to take care of ourselves, our families, and our friends—especially those of us who are on the front lines facing hate, including Latinos, women, immigrants, refugees, Black people, Muslims, LGBT Americans, and so many others. And we need to make it clear that we will continue to stand together.”
Found within the WikiLeaks’ Hillary Clinton email archive is an email with the subject ‘Unrest in Albania,’ in which Soros makes clear to Clinton that “two things need to be done urgently.” He then directs the Secretary of State to “bring the full weight of the international community to bear on Prime Minister Berisha” and “appoint a senior European official as mediator.” Revealing the influence he wields within the corridors of power, Soros then provides Secretary of State Clinton with three names from which to choose. Unsurprisingly, Clinton acquiesced and chose one of the officials recommended by Soros — Miroslav Lajcak.

Make no mistake that the events you’re seeing transpire nationwide are being orchestrated in part by a billionaire political elite class that is looking to subvert the will of the American people by attempting to foment a new American revolution. Soros’ formula has been duplicated in numerous nations, and it looks as if he now has the U.S. in his sights as the next target.

 

[frigidweirdo]

That's a district. Are you kidding me?

This is why Proportional Representation is much better.

In that instance it is not proportional representation you need so much as independent electoral commissions, rather than having parties draw boundaries.

Well no. No matter how you draw boundaries, you'll always exclude people from the decision making process.

Surely Congress is there to have REPRESENTATIVES for the voters.

Now, you can have representatives for an area, but really, are they representing the whole area? Not always, they're representing the voters who voted for them within that area.

If you say there are 10% of the voters who want this one party, and they get zero representatives, then it's unfair. If they get 10% of the seats, then it's fair.

That happened in Germany.

The CDU/CSU got 36% of the votes and 77% of the seats.
The FDP got 8% of the votes and zero seats.

But that was with FPTP, but they also have PR which put the CDU down to 30% or so, and the FDP up to about 10%

 

[Marion Morrison]

That's a district. Are you kidding me?

This is why Proportional Representation is much better.

In that instance it is not proportional representation you need so much as independent electoral commissions, rather than having parties draw boundaries.

Well no. No matter how you draw boundaries, you'll always exclude people from the decision making process.

Surely Congress is there to have REPRESENTATIVES for the voters.

Now, you can have representatives for an area, but really, are they representing the whole area? Not always, they're representing the voters who voted for them within that area.

If you say there are 10% of the voters who want this one party, and they get zero representatives, then it's unfair. If they get 10% of the seats, then it's fair.

That happened in Germany.

The CDU/CSU got 36% of the votes and 77% of the seats.
The FDP got 8% of the votes and zero seats.

But that was with FPTP, but they also have PR which put the CDU down to 30% or so, and the FDP up to about 10%

This thread is about The Constitution, not gerrymandering. Go start your own thread on that instead of twatting this one up.