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Offline Ptarmigan

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Congress has a Constitution problem — many don’t understand document
« on: January 15, 2013, 03:53:51 PM »
Congress has a Constitution problem — many don’t understand document
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/14/defenders-of-constitution-dont-always-use-it-for-l/

Our politicians are such clowns.
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Re: Congress has a Constitution problem — many don’t understand document
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2013, 04:03:19 PM »
Whenever I hear any politician talking about interpretation I think back to what Thomas Jefferson wrote .

"On every question of construction [of the Constitution], let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed." — Thomas Jefferson (letter to William Johnson) June 12, 1823
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Re: Congress has a Constitution problem — many don’t understand document
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2013, 09:38:13 PM »
Our elected idiots!  :mental:
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Re: Congress has a Constitution problem — many don’t understand document
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2013, 10:56:42 PM »
Not that hard to understand.
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