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Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous... by SllX on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @05:20AM (#22933327)
Living constitutionalism is not a universally agreed upon judicial philosophy.
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Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous... by freepor on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:28PM (#22936469)
No, but empirically it's what the justices have been using for over 50 years. Decisions like Wickard v. Filburn and Obergefell don't just come from "living constitutionalism" -- they are just completely made up out of whole cloth.
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Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous... by SllX on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @05:40PM (#22939611)
There are justices that subscribe to living constitutionalism, yes. And fewer of them than there was 4 years ago.
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Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous... by krapp on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @05:32AM (#22933396)
Neither is strict constitutionalism.
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Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous... by SllX on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @06:09AM (#22933543)
Well there’s also textualism.
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