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Rand Paul is just another Socialist who wants to preserve our system of Social Security, with a few adjustments.

Whatever may have been the intention of the framers of a constitution, or of a law. that intention is to be sought for in the instrument itself, according to the usual and established rules of construction. --Alexander Hamilton on whether the Constitution grants Congress power to establish a...

Every word in a law must be given an effect. The first clause of the Second Amendment must have an effect on "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." The most natural effect might be to construe the word "people" to mean the people in a well regulated militia or perhaps to interpret...

Every word in a law must be given an effect. The first clause of the Second Amendment must have an effect on "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." The most natural effect might be to construe the word "people" to mean the people in a well regulated militia or perhaps to interpret...

We don't need the Constitution explained, dude. We need it honestly interpreted by applying the well established common law rules of construction the lawmakers, according to the historical evidence, most probably wanted applied to the Constitution. Two of those well established common law...

The fact that we don't have a militia anymore is all the proof one needs that a militia isn't necessary.

The fundamental principle of construction adopted in D. C. v. Heller was cherry picked by the five activists from United States v. Sprague, 282 U. S. 716, 731 (1931). In interpreting this text, we are guided by the principle that “[t]he Constitution was written to be understood by the voters...

What, if anything, was said by the lawmakers, about the meaning of "privileges and immunities" during the actual making of the 14th Amendment?

The term "privileges and immunities" is ambiguous. If, during the making of the amendment, one or more of the lawmakers had defined the phrase, it would constitute subject matter and probably could be considered when interpreting the phrase.

Too bad you don't, at this time at least, have any evidence that he said that during the actual making of the amendment. It was well established law, in Jefferson's days, that the will of the legislator was not to be ascertained by exploring his intentions "after" the law had been made. Only...

That was very interesting information. Do you know if anything like that, or different that that, was said during the making of the 14th Amendment. Also, do you know of a rule of construction, existent at the time the Amendment was made, that allows us, when interpreting the Amendment, to...

Justice Scalia’s Methodology Of Constitutional Interpretation Is Just An Excuse...... Justice Scalia’s Methodology Of Constitutional Interpretation Is Just An Excuse For His Judicial Activism In the excerpt below, from the U. S. Supreme Court's opinion in the case of Heller v. D. C, authored...

Justice Scalia’s Methodology Of Constitutional Interpretation Is Just An Excuse...... Justice Scalia’s Methodology Of Constitutional Interpretation Is Just An Excuse For His Judicial Activism In the excerpt below, from the U. S. Supreme Court's opinion in the case of Heller v. D. C, authored...

"Piety, love and reverence towards Almighty God" couldn't have been one of "the general principles of Christianity", because Adams says the principles were those "in which all those Sects were united", and "those sects" included atheism.

The correct answer is no. Adams wasn't talking about the founding of the Untied States. He was talking about the achievement of independence