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Bedrock Principles

Some believe that liberals have no princples; that it’s all about power.

Well, some liberal have some principles, it’s true, and some of them aren’t about getting and keeping power.

But as Jonah Goldberg points out, it’d be a mistake to think that liberals aren’t constitutional originalists, as seen during the Gorsuch hearings (I’ll add the emphasis):

After noting a bunch of court cases that reaffirmed Roe, Feinstein went on to make an additional point: “Importantly, the dozens of cases affirming Roe are not only about precedent, they are also about a woman’s fundamental and constitutional rights.”

I’m a bit fuzzy about what she sees as the distinction between fundamental and constitutional rights, but that doesn’t matter. Clearly her bedrock belief is that the process of constitutional evolution stopped with Roe v. Wade. One might say that instead of being a 1789 originalist, she’s an originalist of 1973.

As Bill Clinton said to the intern after sitting on the couch and patting his lap, do you see what I’m getting at?

To borrow a phrase from Michelle Obama, today’s liberals weren’t really proud of America until then…

 

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4 responses to “Bedrock Principles”

  1. The Big Stink Avatar
    The Big Stink

    If ever there was a case which demonstrated the Constitution is a process of viewing human nature through an evolutionary lens – it was Roe. After concluding life is disposable, it becomes easy to devalue everything the social evolutionist detests – thereby elevating Himself as Final Arbiter – yes, God, of all.

  2. gl whisler Avatar
    gl whisler

    Roe vs Wade does have a section in there about how the State has an interest in protecting life after the fetus becomes viable outside the womb….

  3. The Big Stink Avatar
    The Big Stink

    GL: We will wait patiently for the court to enforce this section of Roe. Right?

  4. Mammuthus Primigenius Avatar
    Mammuthus Primigenius

    Liberals are very lucky.
    What they want to do is always the right thing to do, and is always not only legal, it is embedded in the constitution and can’t be made illegal.

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