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7. Don't the women of her sect, People of Praise, obey the men in their lives?

Reply to RANDYWILDMAN (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:57 AM

Oct 2020

So of course she would model her legal philosophy after Scalia, the man she clerked for.

A woman being an originalist is ridiculous because of all the reasons you mentioned, and is beyond comprehension and not original in thinking at all.

It's been done by racist, white men already.

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Originalists are lazy thinking racists who want things how they were... brush Oct 2020 #1

Appeal to authority dansolo Oct 2020 #6

Right. chriscan64 Oct 2020 #8

We need more of this, Original thinking RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2020 #2

Amazing....wonder what she imagines for her kids in that kind of constricted world? Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #3

Don't the women of her sect, People of Praise, obey the men in their lives? brush Oct 2020 #7

Not a theory I want my daughter to follow... RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2020 #9

Yep, her rulings don't affect her person. Those outside the privileged need not apply. brush Oct 2020 #11

K&R Solly Mack Oct 2020 #4

kick mucifer Oct 2020 #5

K&R for visibility. crickets Oct 2020 #10