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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett approaching the Confederate States of America stance that West Virginia is an illegitimate state that should not exist(hexbear.net)

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Parzivus [any]@hexbear.net
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Pretty sure she’s just saying an originalist would have to oppose the existence of West Virginia to be ideologically consistent. Expecting any American politician to have an ideology is lib shit though

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_pi@lemmy.ml
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Yeah Antonin Scalia was a textualist until he wasn’t, until he was again, until he wasn’t.

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Wheaties [she/her]@hexbear.net
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claims to be an originalist

does judicial review

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_pi@lemmy.ml
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Listen everything Scalia wrote was ideologically consistent because it used the same verbiage as Bush V Gore, “limited to present circumstances”.

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buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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Every “originalist”/“textualist” is this way. It’s an inherently dishonest position based entirely on finding any excuse to push reaction through the judiciary.

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edge [he/him]@hexbear.net
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until he wasn’t

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Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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How long until she declares the Louisiana Purchase unconstitutional at this rate?

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edge [he/him]@hexbear.net
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I don’t really see why. Multiple states had previously been split from existing states without controversy (including Kentucky also split from Virginia). All that’s required is the approval of the state legislature and Congress. The Virginia state legislature as recognized by Congress and the President voted to allow the counties of West Virginia to leave and form their own state. Congress and the President approved.

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