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There are certainly two camps on how to interpret the constitution.  There is the conservative literal interpretation and then there is the more liberal activist idea of interpretation.  Kagan certainly falls into the latter despite her refusal to acknowledge that she understands what the term ‘legal progressive’ means (yesterday’s hearing).
Even if all you have read [...]

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4th of July

July 2, 2009

In his staged town hall meeting that had even liberal reporter Helen Thomas up in arms, Obama said the following about our constitution and its relation to Congress moving slowly on legislation.
“Part of that is the way the Constitution is designed. We don’t have coups or governments collapsing. The disadvantage is it’s hard for us [...]

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