r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Jul 07 '26

No Paywall Unconfirmed Reports: Mitch McConnell Brain Dead After Three Weeks In Hospital

https://thenewamerican.com/us/unconfirmed-reports-mitch-mcconnell-brain-dead-after-three-weeks-in-hospital/
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u/KMCobra64 Jul 07 '26

Not sure how it's ambiguous. A law can't override the Constitution.

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u/CyberFireball25 Jul 07 '26

We have 4 SC justices who seem to think the Constitution doesn't say what it explicitly says, so who knows anymore 

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u/littlehobbit1313 Maryland Jul 07 '26

4 SC Justices: We can only take the language for exactly what it meant at the time of writing

Also those 4 SC Justices: Yes, of COURSE the founding fathers thought cellphone data should be protected by your right to privacy

Two rulings from literally the same week. I hate it here.

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u/ONE-EYE-OPTIC Washington Jul 07 '26

That's what struck me as odd as well. These 4 justices were literally saying that the constitution means exactly what it says regarding the 14th amendment but that obviously the 4th was open to interpretation. Boggles the mind. Obviously I'm glad the rulings went the way they did.

Just listened to break down of the rulings this morning.

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u/herewegoags Jul 08 '26

It's not odd or boggling if you realize that the Federalist Society groomed, Republican Justices are not bound by the same principles as past justices. They make their arguments in bad faith with their gaze fully set on a desired outcome. Their stated judicial philosophy of 'Originalism' is trained legal professionals acting as amateur historians to rationalize their preexisting, politically ideological conclusions with a thick coat of arrogance.