Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
"ORIGINAL INTENT?"---NOT !
"Original intent," the so-called alleged, "conservative" standard of judicial review, whose notable adherents include : U.S. Supreme Court Justices Taney, Scalia, Alioto, Thomas, etc., is not really original, as it falls well short of true, "original intent" in this sense: the original "Declaration of Independence" criticized colonial African slavery and Indians' oppression, that both were imputed to King George III, as evils imposed upon innocent Africans/Indians & upon freedom-loving Americans, by a cruel monarch.
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/ruffdrft.html