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minus-squarequeerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·2 months ago Roberts replied: “It’s a new world. It’s the same Constitution.” There’s the Chief I know. Originalist in the streets, textualist in the sheets.
minus-squareTylerdurdon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months ago“Come 'ere baby, I’m going to 3rd amendment that behind of yours…”
minus-squarekbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWhich is kind of the problem. It was written 200 years ago. Think about how different things were just 50 years ago. It’s a document that should be updated regularly IMO and it started that way. But how long has it been since anyone has amended it?
minus-squaretimbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoGiven how it’s amended I’m OK with it not. Seems to me it’d only get worse at this moment.
There’s the Chief I know. Originalist in the streets, textualist in the sheets.
“Come 'ere baby, I’m going to 3rd amendment that behind of yours…”
Which is kind of the problem. It was written 200 years ago. Think about how different things were just 50 years ago. It’s a document that should be updated regularly IMO and it started that way. But how long has it been since anyone has amended it?
Given how it’s amended I’m OK with it not. Seems to me it’d only get worse at this moment.