Was Dred Scott Decision Strict Constructionist?

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Thursday August 18, 2005 · 7:25 PM PDT

2005/08/18 · 19:25

Just read part of The Dred Scott decision today and I am curious to know how, if the decision was intending to understand what the constitution meant by citizen and person.
Clearly, the intent of the founding fathers was to allow slavery and not to count slaves as citizens or persons. How does this match with strict constructionism?

I am very interested to hear thoughtful opinions explaining this to me. I am also curious to understand how President Bush could both advocate strict constructionism and revile this decision (which he does) if it is indeed an originalist/constructionist decision. Read More

ANTI-Ginsburg Precident Thread

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Wednesday July 20, 2005 · 8:26 PM PDT

2005/07/20 · 20:26

Lets use this thread to scour Ginsburg's testimony during her confirmation hearing to document why the Federalist Society is wrong and why the nominee for the highest court of the land should share with the American people his/her views about the constitution.

Here is the link to the Federalist Society whitepaper on the "Ginsburg Precident". http://www.fed-soc.org/Publications/rbgjudnomconduct.pdf Read More

Interesting Roberts Trivia - ROBERTS IS ANTI CHOICE

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Wednesday July 20, 2005 · 11:52 AM PDT

2005/07/20 · 11:52

I found this info from www.redstate.org "Roberts is married to the former Executive Vice President of Feminists for Life."

They also go on to point out that his two children were adopted and he ended his announcement with "I also want to acknowledge my children, my daughter, Josie, my son, Jack, who remind me every day why it's so important for us to work to preserve the institutions of our democracy".

This could be seen in a similar "secret signal to the right" as Bush's statement that Dred Scott was the worst SC decision ever (also a code to the right to life movement).

Why Valerie Plame was FAIRGAME!

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Monday July 18, 2005 · 7:43 PM PDT

2005/07/18 · 19:43

Whay is new in this diary? WHY WAS THE TARGETING OF WILSON/PLAME SO VENEMOUS? WHY WAS VALERIE PLAME'S ROLE SELECTING WILSON EVEN RELEVANT?

What has not made sense to me up until this point is why it would even be an issue to anyone that Valerie Wilson selected her husband. I mean, who cares? Why would anyone? And why would the administration think anyone would?

Based on the information out so far, here is my theory of what happened and why: Read More

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