On 6/27/2014 8:41 AM, dave wrote:
On 06/26/2014 02:49 PM, Bill Davis wrote:
On 6/26/2014 9:45 AM, wrote:
I still think the Rock Rat was wrong when he asserted that the
definition could be found in the Constitution, and he was just
bloviating when he claimed that it was in the Federalist Papers.
You find bits and pieces in the Federalist Papers, not a pure definition.
The Constitution is intentionally vague.
To promote checks and balances, yes.
This forces people to use their
own brains rather than pretending to know what words meant 220 years ago.
The core meaning is critical - read any SCOTUS ruling and stop being cute.