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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

A matter of interpretation

CNN says "Scalia blasts 'judge moralists'"

"Now the Senate is looking for moderate judges, mainstream judges. What in the world is a moderate interpretation of a constitutional text? Halfway between what it says and what we'd like it to say?" he said, to laughter and applause.


Now I'm not in any particular way formally educated about matters of law, but it seems pretty obvious to me that the U.S. Constitution was written in a (purposefully?) under-determined language. I dare say that there is legitimate disagreement about the proper interpretation of many aspects of the Constitution. How can there not be room for interpretation over lines like this? -- "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

An aside: I'm partial to the Presumption of liberty

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