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Re: Antonin Scalia: The United States Constitution is “Dead”
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Originally Posted by Real World
Your point being?
.....that the country really HAS changed from Tom Jefferson knew and thought was right.
Hell, black folk have gotten so "uppity" today that there's one sleeping in his old bedroom.
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Re: Antonin Scalia: The United States Constitution is “Dead”
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Originally Posted by fleabassist1
But isn't that what the constitution was originally designed for? To adapt and move with our country - so that it adapts as we adapt? If not, then what are amendments for?
I can agree that our constitutions sh1t on every day - but I don't think a gay guy wanting gay marriage is such.
That is why provisions were made for people to AMEND the constitution not for the judiciary to assume a position to be superior to the other branches of government and create law...
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Re: Antonin Scalia: The United States Constitution is “Dead”
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Originally Posted by patsfan13
The law was also clear that slaves were property, they law was wrong then too. were property
Exactly my point to Real World that Thomas Jefferson's opinion of our Government today is not exactly the highest pinnacle of opinions that I would worry about.
Times change. The nation changes.
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Re: Antonin Scalia: The United States Constitution is “Dead”
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Originally Posted by reflexblue
But TJ was the "father of the constitution" RW, i think his opinion carries more wieght [sic].
Thomas Jefferson was our ambassador in France, having replaced Benjamin Franklin, while the 1787 US Constitution was being written. Any one awake in civics class knows James Madison is termed "the father of our Constitution."
Get off the boards and read a book. I recommend Catherine Drinker Bowen's _Miracle in Philadelphia_. Great read.
Re: Antonin Scalia: The United States Constitution is “Dead”
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Originally Posted by shmessy
.....that the country really HAS changed from Tom Jefferson knew and thought was right.
Hell, black folk have gotten so "uppity" today that there's one sleeping in his old bedroom.
Really? The country's changed in 200+ years? Wow. Why didn't anyone tell me?
We're talking about the Constitution, and it's interpretation.
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Re: Antonin Scalia: The United States Constitution is “Dead”
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Exactly my point to Real World that Thomas Jefferson's opinion of our Government today is not exactly the highest pinnacle of opinions that I would worry about.
Times change. The nation changes.
You should be telling that to Sdaniels who thinks Jefferson's opinion is a "nuff said".
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Re: Antonin Scalia: The United States Constitution is “Dead”
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Originally Posted by State
Thomas Jefferson was our ambassador in France, having replaced Benjamin Franklin, while the 1787 US Constitution was being written. Any one awake in civics class knows James Madison is termed "the father of our Constitution."
Get off the boards and read a book. I recommend Catherine Drinker Bowen's _Miracle in Philadelphia_. Great read.
I'm going to check that out.
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