- Mark Finkelstein: "Yesterday's New York Times
editorial condemning the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, contained a
stunning admission. The Times wrote that, as was Scalia,
Gorsuch is an [emphasis added]
"originalist, meaning he interprets the Constitution’s language
to mean what it was understood to mean when it was written — an
approach that has led both men to consistently conservative
results." And
so the Times admits that if the Constitution is interpreted in
accordance with the intentions of the Founders, the results would be
"consistently conservative." The only way liberal judges can achieve
their political ends is to ignore those intentions. They are compelled
to call the Constitution a "living document" that means whatever they
say it means. In doing so, they trash our most important national
treasure in the name of politics. At least we now have the
liberal
newspaper of record on the record, in essence admitting that."
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