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To: neverdem
[Art., quoting Sunstein] . "[W]here the Constitution is ambiguous," he writes, "courts do best to attend to long-standing practices, on the ground that those practices reflect the judgments of many people extending over time."

Oh. Like segregation and Jim Crow. I see. </s>

8 posted on 01/01/2011 11:49:29 PM PST by lentulusgracchus (Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
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A line of argument an old school Southern Democrat would have no problem with. Sunstein doesn’t see the irony in his defense of stare decisis.


9 posted on 01/01/2011 11:58:46 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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