But what he meant is that he doesn't care about original intent, only original public meaning.
SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia is brilliant, just brilliant - 
- 11/12/2012 05:09:19 AM
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- 11/12/2012 05:09:19 AM
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WTF does "I don’t care what their intent was. I care what it was that they intended" mean? 
- 11/12/2012 09:03:23 PM
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- 11/12/2012 09:03:23 PM
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Yeah I read that twice to see if that was right *NM*
- 11/12/2012 09:36:55 PM
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Part of me pities Scalias decline, because he could once nimbly and convincly argue black is white.
- 12/12/2012 07:09:56 PM
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Re: your post.
- 12/12/2012 07:18:18 PM
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More like disapeared in a puff of Florida's own law that they were trying to ignore.
- 12/12/2012 08:13:13 PM
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Florida state law does not and did not prohibit statewide recounts.
- 16/12/2012 01:45:52 PM
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Spoken like a true lib.....I could have written that for you.
- 12/12/2012 05:08:42 AM
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The people of WA and CO just decided pot should be legal; think Scalia agrees?
- 12/12/2012 07:25:11 PM
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FreshMints decided that the almond aroma of radioactive arsenic is very pleasing...
- 12/12/2012 08:09:39 PM
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I am aware of Scalias "logic," and his rejection of it about a year later with Robamacare.
- 16/12/2012 01:51:16 PM
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But you didn't.
- 13/12/2012 04:06:05 PM
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Yup, yup; the Constitution is all about majority rule WITH minority rights.
- 16/12/2012 01:56:15 PM
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Your whole rant lacks any logic
- 12/12/2012 03:46:34 PM
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His comment references the authors (NOT words) intent in both negative and affirmative.
- 12/12/2012 06:45:02 PM
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I was stumped by his phrasing as well
- 12/12/2012 09:31:53 PM
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But we must go by his words and his understanding of their meaning, without interpretation. 
- 16/12/2012 01:40:23 PM
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- 16/12/2012 01:40:23 PM
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The SCotUS is no place for raging homophobes.
- 13/12/2012 04:48:30 AM
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Sorry you don't like it, but what he said is true.
- 13/12/2012 03:11:42 PM
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Lol. Homophobia is synonymous w/ homonegativism. It's not meant to convey a true phobia *NM*
- 13/12/2012 03:28:01 PM
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Only for people who don't know actually know how to read and understand words. Nice spin though. *NM*
- 13/12/2012 05:54:29 PM
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So then what we need is a definition of homophobia?
- 13/12/2012 09:56:15 PM
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Re: So then what we need is a definition of homophobia?
- 13/12/2012 11:16:46 PM
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-phobe : Greek -phobos, adj. derivative of phóbos fear, panic
- 13/12/2012 11:32:14 PM
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Do you have a similar problem with "xenophobia?" Because it's exactly the same thing.
- 14/12/2012 01:30:24 AM
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xenophobia is the fear of the alien... WTF are you trying to say?
- 14/12/2012 03:03:09 AM
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No. You are patently, objectively incorrect.
- 14/12/2012 08:39:00 AM
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Don't believe me, ask a Greek it is after all THEIR word. I gave you some extra capitals, happy now? *NM*
- 14/12/2012 02:56:09 PM
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stop being obtuse
- 14/12/2012 05:10:41 PM
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Hmmmm lets see, people misuse a word, perverting its meaning...
- 14/12/2012 07:29:11 PM
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If everyone "misuses" a word, that becomes an acceptable use of it.
- 14/12/2012 10:14:23 PM
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Re: If everyone "misuses" a word, that becomes an acceptable use of it.
- 15/12/2012 12:12:18 AM
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*NM*
and if everryone jumps off a cliff to splatter on the rocks I should just be a good little lemming.
- 15/12/2012 07:13:27 AM
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actually, you have already chosen stupid by pretending the word means something it does not
- 15/12/2012 03:34:35 PM
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA, my friend John would strenuously disagree.
- 16/12/2012 06:50:19 AM
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and you are a small-minded buffoon who can't come up with real arguments so you resort to nitpicking
- 17/12/2012 11:48:25 PM
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