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  1. Originalism is a deliberate interpretive choice. It's not the only the means of interpreting constitutional text and its relatively new compared to other forms of interpretation (Brennan / T. Marshall "living constitutionalism"). It really hit the legal mainstream under Reagan, championed by Scalia. To interpret the Constitution under originalism is to disregard most, if not all, historical and legal context that has occurred in this country since its ratification. It seeks to enshrine law and the definitions of terms in the Constitution perpetually in 1783 or 1865 (ratification of the Reconstruction Amendments). There is no evidence, that I've run across, that any of the Federalists or drafters of the constitution were under the illusion that the Constitution was a static document. J. Marshall directly states that it is not, and since Madison wrote the damn thing, you think he would've argued the point in Marbury. He didn't. In practice, originalism does not seek to protect civil rights. The only civil rights that originalism has successfully "protected" have been 2A rights (which are relatively new in historical interpretation) and putting its thumb on the religion side of the state / religion scale. I can assure that modern 4th Amendment jurisprudence does not reflect 1783 realities, for example. How the hell could it? Most civil rights, as we know them, have been derived by judicial interpretation of the 14th Amendment (substantive due process). There are problems with the way the Court has defined those rights and where they "come" from (the first substantive due process case was actually Dred Scott), but originalism works against substantive due process, not with it. It's a legal response to the recognition of all sorts of civil rights under the 14th Amendment in the post-WWII era. It was "invented" strictly as a means of limiting constitutional scope and protections. It's a more educated Rush Limbaugh telling you the Constitution doesn't technically offer protections because they are not enumerated verbatim. That's not what the Constitution was, is, or was ever intended to be. At least not to my eyes. Scalia, and others, have argued that it is meant to force legislative responsibility back on Congress, rather than have the judiciary be the final arbiter of what can be interpreted out of the 14th Amendment. In other words, Congress should pass laws or Constitutional amendments codifying interpretations of civil rights, so that they cannot be taken away by later Court opinions (like... abortion). That sounds nice in theory, but we have used the Court as a political proving ground going all the way back to Marbury. The amendment process is more or less dead in our current political gridlock (ERA been on the block for... 40ish years now?). It would be nice if we relied on judicial interpretation less, but its been baked into the system so to speak. There was never in any real chance that the federal government would suddenly become better legislators because a few hardcore conservative justices decided to be pedantic dicks about everything and go out of there way to make life for many Americans harder than it needs to be, and it's already hard enough for a lot of folks. Originalism is the trickle-down economics of constitutional interpretation. It's spun up bullshit to keep certain interests in power perpetually. The shinejob that the Founders never intended the Constitution to be interpreted in a context outside of their own is a marketing ploy to conservatives to make them feel better about fucking people over legally. Finally, the ultimate irony of originalism and its prohibition on substantive due process is that gets tossed out the window by Scalia, its chief proponent, when he goes looking for constitutional protections for the 2nd Amendment in Heller and and for religion in Hobby Lobby. Like every other weapon in the conservative's limited arsenal, it is not meant to be equitable. It's just another power grab under shoddy veneer.
    17 points
  2. 5. Safety Leon O'Neal Jr. Gave up a touchdown catch to a ball boy during warmups. Seriously. Kyle Shanahan threw the pass. O'Neal let the ball boy cross his face on a post route and could not recover in time to catch him. To be fair, the 49ers are known to have excellent ball boys. this gem was discovered by @Rickylovesweed.
    16 points
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  4. He only got cut because by the time he showed up, training camp was over. #slowneal
    13 points
  5. The Wagner thugs fucked around with Americans in Syria not long ago and found out what the River Styx looks like.
    13 points
  6. Wordle 679 3/6 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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  7. Wordle 679 3/6* ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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  8. Wordle 679 3/6* 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 460 3️⃣8️⃣ 7️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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  9. This is a shit take and you should be ashamed you got on this website and typed it out.
    12 points
  10. Wordle 679 3/6* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 460 2️⃣4️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 460 3️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    12 points
  11. Wordle 679 2/6 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 i'm not sure bottom right is a real word. Daily Quordle 460 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    12 points
  12. Wordle 679 2/6 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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  13. First bird in at least a week. Whew. Wordle 679 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #463 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr Daily Quordle 460 5️⃣8️⃣ 9️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
    12 points
  14. Wordle 679 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 460 4️⃣7️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    11 points
  15. Wordle 679 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    11 points
  16. Wordle 679 3/6 [emoji834][emoji834][emoji834]🟨🟨 🟩[emoji834]🟨🟩[emoji834] 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Good finish to the week. Went 5-6-3-3-3-3
    11 points
  17. And they reacted fast after the last hits, and they went deep at a strategic position. Now hit the fucking bridge again.
    11 points
  18. Leon truly is one of the great aggies of this generation. His ability to carefully look at those facts and then come up with that conclusion is… well, perfectly aggie. A rare combination of hubris, delusion and ignorance, on top of a massive persecution complex underscored by not knowing when to shut the fuck up. It’s like he was made in a laboratory.
    10 points
  19. Congrats to one of the best longhorns ever.
    10 points
  20. Wordle 679 2/6 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    10 points
  21. This'll help A&M's recruiting, I'm sure.
    10 points
  22. Wordle 679 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 more possibilities than you can sneeze at
    10 points
  23. That dog has to walk himself.
    9 points
  24. Russians have been trying to dogfight Americans in the skies over Syria. https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/29/europe/russia-fighter-pilots-dogfight-us-jets-syria-intl-hnk/index.html They have tried to goad American pilots into dogfights dozens of times over the last few months. Americans are too disciplined but holy shit the Russians are fucking stupid.
    9 points
  25. Pretty obvious it's you, sunshine. I'm not wasting a second with you as you already know you're a miserable person that wallows in misery. It's unfortunate, but I can understand given our common mental background. But you continually seek the misery, you continually engage with others with hostility to produce misery. Message boards are fun and entertaining. Sports are fun and entertaining. None of it impacts one bit in how you feel in life except for what you allow. You're miserable about Texas basketball because you choose to be miserable. You have nothing to do with the players, the staff, or the program. You're not an employee, you have no financial stake, there is not a single reason to be so overwhelmingly emotional about something that you have absolutely zero control over. If Texas follows up an EE year with a losing record and doesn't make the CBI, the misery it brings in your life is equal to the exact amount that you create in your own head. Texas/RT is not responsible for your happiness, you are.
    9 points
  26. Wordle 679 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    9 points
  27. Wordle 679 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    9 points
  28. Well that’s fucking insane. Death sentences for $40. This is America
    9 points
  29. Wordle 679 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    9 points
  30. Wordle 679 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 460 3️⃣9️⃣ 5️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #463 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr Blossom Puzzle, April 29 Letters: A D E N L R V My score: 253 points My longest word: 10 letters 💮 🌷 💐 🌻 🌹 🌸 🌺 🌼 🏵 💮 Play Blossom: https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/blossom-word-game
    9 points
  31. I’ve grown tired trying to maintain humidity in my office shed (long story), so I decided to see if I could build a quality wall case that has enough of a seal that I can throw a humidipak in them and maintain humidity in the case for a nice/old guitar. I think it looks pretty bueno. Tomorrow I’ll put the door on, seal it with some felt and throw the humidipak in it to see how well it holds humidity over the next week while I’m out of town for work. If results are good, I’ll be making some more. Fun little project either way.
    8 points
  32. More Russia on fire. Would hate to be a firefighter there.
    8 points
  33. Bill Maher is the Joe Rogan of Dennis Millers. You can arrange those name in any order that you like and the conclusion remains the same.
    8 points
  34. Wordle 679 3/6 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 460 3️⃣8️⃣ 9️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
    8 points
  35. Wordle 679 4/6* ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 460 3️⃣6️⃣ 4️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, April 29 Letters: A D E N L R V My score: 297 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌺 🌹 🏵 🌻 💐 🌸 🌷 💮 🌼 🌺 Play Blossom: https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/blossom-word-game #Worldle #463 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
    8 points
  36. Wordle 679 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It took me forever to come up with a 3rd guess because I kept instinctively typing in a word that wasn't accepted.
    8 points
  37. 8 points
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