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Explain this: "The right to abortion is not explicitly defined in the Constitution, and therefore does not exist." "The right to _purchase_ firearms is not ex
by FireBeyond 4y ago
Explain this:
"The right to abortion is not explicitly defined in the Constitution, and therefore does not exist."
"The right to _purchase_ firearms is not explicitly defined in the Constitution, but somehow must also exist, because how could you bear arms without it?"
The sad reality is that this shit is all just twisted to convenience.
Why did Thomas exclude interracial marriage as a state decision, while calling out same-sex marriage as being a state decision?
Why do several Supreme Court Justices state that they are originalists, and the Constitution is sacrosanct, when the people who wrote it said that it wasn't, and was to be "reviewed and updated to the needs of the times as a living document"?
- seanp2k2 4y agoThey treat it like the Bible and interpret it to fit their opinions. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_civil_religion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_civil_religion
- fallingknife 4y agoTbf when they said that they meant reviewed and updated as in actually amended.
- FireBeyond 4y agoOh, absolutely. Not "creatively interpreted by SCOTUS in lieu thereof."
- jaywalk 4y agoThe entire point of the SCOTUS is to interpret the Constitution, as laid out in the Constitution. Roe was a "creative" interpretation. Upholding the 2nd Amendment is far from that.
- FireBeyond 4y agoI get that. But not "interpret in lieu of meaningful review". Look at 4A. It's gone to SCOTUS a huge number of times. But no review has ever taken place of it.