Uh, slavery was allowed. Slaves were considered 3/5 of a human being. And women could not vote. Yes, the Constitution DOES change over time!
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur
13 Oct 2020
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Amy Coney Barrett on originalism: "That means that I interpret the Constitution as a law... I understand it to have the meaning that it had at the time people ratified it. That meaning doesn't change over time and it's not up to me to update it or infuse my policy views into it."

Oct 15, 2020 · 3:07 AM UTC

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Does Barrett include Amentments to the Constitution in her “Originalism” bias?
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Now it is 99.99/100.
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Yes, they're called "amendments"
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All originalists are racist
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The idea of freedom, individual liberty, and small limited government has not changed! That’s originalism.
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Why is the left ignorant of the fact that the Amendments are also part of the Constitution? Is it that leftist politicians are just counting on their supporters to be that shockingly uneducated? archives.gov/founding-docs/a…
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Shes literally saying it's not her job to change it, the 3/5ths was changed by the 14th amendment introduced in the civil war. Not by judges. She would then rule based on the 14th rather then the 3/5ths compromise. Because it was stricken down by Congress.
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You should proabay know, if truth matters at all, that the 3/5 compromise was a punitive measure by slavery abolitionists in Northern states to diminsh power of Southern, slave holding states as a measure toward abolishing slavery.
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Our nation has been a flowering seed, not the dream of a buried treasure.
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The Constitution only changes when it is amended by congress.
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