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Thursday, October 04, 2007

A Reason Even For Lefties To Support "Originalism" When Interpreting the Constitution

No leftist ever says of Roe v. Wade: Let’s let President Bush’s lower court judges construe that opinion in light of the “evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.” Leftists and indeed all non-originalists would be utterly outraged if this were to happen.
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