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
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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."

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Uh, how was it updated? Through the amendment process, not through activist judges reading their policies preferences into the law.
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Oh wow, you still believe the conspiracy about the 3/5ths clause?
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'Originalism', 'Textualism' are the contemporary rhetorical apologetics, for legitimizing the Racism of another time. Scalia and The Federalist Society were/are its most vocal proponents. nybooks.com/articles/1998/06…

Justice for Scalia | Robert Post

Scalia holds strong convictions. Charming and pugnacious, he appears to enjoy and sometimes even to court controversy. To the general public this tendency is most visible in Scalia's many opinions...

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She is clearly lying for the GOP otherwise she would not have to try and defend or I should write muddle her interpretation of the law.
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Come on now.. everyone relax.. She's just trying to Make Constitution Great Again!
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All those things were changed through the Constitution’s amendment process, not judicial opinions.
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And women weren’t allowed to be attorneys, much less judges.
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You have no problem with Planned Parenthood strategically placing their abortion clinics in the neighborhoods in which large percentages of slave descendants live. It is genocide by systemic racism. Black lives don't matter to you if they don't matter from their earliest stages.
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Any is smarter than every democrate. Go Amy
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This country's founders always considered the U.S. Constitution to be a living document. They were aware that, over time, there could be negative unintended consequences. Who could have predicted the Industrial Age when a horse was the best means of transportation?
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