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To: MHGinTN
You've posted the flaw in strict 'constitutionaism'

The other being that since it's inception, the rush to interpret the same language several ways was on. The FOUNDERS argued about what the constitution meant. 'Constitutionalists' live in some sort of ideal history where the founders all agreed on the 'plain meaning' of the constitution and there were no differences in opinion about what it meant until the founders died...

286 posted on 09/15/2002 2:13:52 AM PDT by Isle of sanity in CA
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To: Isle of sanity in CA
Bob Black, a self-described anarchist, has an interesting take on that subject.

http://www.libertysoft.com/liberty/features/54black.html
288 posted on 09/15/2002 2:24:51 AM PDT by Roscoe
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