If I understand correctly, Scalia and Barrett believe that the Constitution must be interpreted in the context of the society in which it was created. Since the document was created at a time when there were no federal civil rights for anyone other than propertied white men, only explicit amendments can change that. This claim becomes a …
If I understand correctly, Scalia and Barrett believe that the Constitution must be interpreted in the context of the society in which it was created. Since the document was created at a time when there were no federal civil rights for anyone other than propertied white men, only explicit amendments can change that. This claim becomes a vehicle for striking down any federal legislation that benefits the general welfare. It is why Barrett is against the ACA, even though as a religious person she would place value on healing the sick. In 2000, Scalia was one of the 5 justices who corruptly ruled against their own principles of states' rights that the state's right to run elections was pre-empted by the need to install a Republican as president. (They phrased it differently, of course.). Trump is openly in a hurry to confirm Barrett because he expects her to do the same.
OK, then, muskets only for all those militias. She does not belong on any court because she cannot separate her religious beliefs from the law. We are a secular state and the Founders intended that we be a secular state.
The Founders were reaching for the concept of a secular state, but it's not quite where they were. They all believed in a deity. They were also very aware of the harm done when the advocates of one religion controlled the state and imposed their beliefs and practices on everyone else. So they carefully designed the new government to prevent that - exactly the opposite of the claims of those who wish to impose their particular brand of Christianity through the government today.
I understand that they were Deists. They were not too far removed from awful religious wars in Europe and rightfully did not want that here. We have had plenty examples of theocracies in history and some now. I was thinking of a secular state vs. a theocracy, not that people did not believe in a deity.
If I understand correctly, Scalia and Barrett believe that the Constitution must be interpreted in the context of the society in which it was created. Since the document was created at a time when there were no federal civil rights for anyone other than propertied white men, only explicit amendments can change that. This claim becomes a vehicle for striking down any federal legislation that benefits the general welfare. It is why Barrett is against the ACA, even though as a religious person she would place value on healing the sick. In 2000, Scalia was one of the 5 justices who corruptly ruled against their own principles of states' rights that the state's right to run elections was pre-empted by the need to install a Republican as president. (They phrased it differently, of course.). Trump is openly in a hurry to confirm Barrett because he expects her to do the same.
OK, then, muskets only for all those militias. She does not belong on any court because she cannot separate her religious beliefs from the law. We are a secular state and the Founders intended that we be a secular state.
The Founders were reaching for the concept of a secular state, but it's not quite where they were. They all believed in a deity. They were also very aware of the harm done when the advocates of one religion controlled the state and imposed their beliefs and practices on everyone else. So they carefully designed the new government to prevent that - exactly the opposite of the claims of those who wish to impose their particular brand of Christianity through the government today.
I understand that they were Deists. They were not too far removed from awful religious wars in Europe and rightfully did not want that here. We have had plenty examples of theocracies in history and some now. I was thinking of a secular state vs. a theocracy, not that people did not believe in a deity.