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> But we routinely look back to the 1800s to establish what is accepted practice in our government. Routinely?
by _qulr 6y ago
> But we routinely look back to the 1800s to establish what is accepted practice in our government.
Routinely?
- rayiner 6y agoYes. In fact, the usual presumption is the opposite. The closer in time to the adoption of the constitution we can trace some pattern (or in the case of a law to enactment of the law) that is more persuasive. If the generation that wrote the constitution engaged in this political gamesmanship (and they did) that strongly suggests they understood such conduct was permissible within the framework they created.
- _qulr 6y ago> The closer in time to the adoption of the constitution we can trace some pattern (or in the case of a law to enactment of the law) that is more persuasive. This sounds a lot like "originalism", which is controversial at best.