Poetic Justice for Supreme Court Justice? - Page 15

tylerdurden · #**141** 07-07-2005, 04:39 PM

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But if it passes I wont argue that it is unconstitutional or wrong because the democratic process was followed.

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Huh? If something is in the constitution it's automatically correct?

lehighguy · #**142** 07-07-2005, 04:42 PM

I can't tell what this is a response to. The thread has gone on so long it looped back to the beginning.

etgryphon · #**143** 07-07-2005, 05:05 PM

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But if it passes I wont argue that it is unconstitutional or wrong because the democratic process was followed.

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Huh? If something is in the constitution it's automatically correct?

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Wrong as in illegit. You can't rule something is unconstitutional or illegit if it is in the constitution under a strict constructionist view. That is the very nature of the what constitutional means.

-Gryph