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So, now you are agreeing that Biden has confirmed he wants to disarm American citizens of the AR-15? If you are not, then here is his confirmation:
And so, we get back to the subject of the thread and what the real fight is about in appointing a Supreme Court Justice.
Do we appoint a Justice who will support and defend our written Constitution, and its documented legislative intent as expressed during the constitution’s framing and ratification debates, which gives context to its text?
Or, do we appoint a Justice to the Court who will apply the Humpty Dumpty Theory of Language to our Constitution?
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean- neither more nor less.”
JWK
The fundamental principle of constitutional construction is that effect must be given to the intent of the framers of the organic law and of the people adopting it. This is the polestar in the construction of constitutions, all other principles of construction are only rules or guides to aid in the determination of the intention of the constitution’s framers.— numerous citations omitted__ Vol.16 American Jurisprudence, 2d Constitutional law (1992 edition), pages 418-19 - - - Par. 92. Intent of framers and adopters as controlling