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I agree with this. Though this would require getting a lot of people to stop imagining that the founding fathers created a perfect document. There’s a very weir
by dpark 11mo ago
I agree with this. Though this would require getting a lot of people to stop imagining that the founding fathers created a perfect document. There’s a very weird belief that the founding documents (and the founding fathers) are essentially infallible and that governing in accordance with these is the best possible option. Of course this leads to “originalist” jurisprudence which seems to consist of finding ways to pretend that whatever the judge believes is exactly what the founding fathers intended.
- rsynnott 11mo agoThough even then, given the context, it's hard to imagine that they intended making the president an unaccountable dictator. Like, Trump's taking on more power than George III.