i suspected that at the core of strict construction was some version of luther's notion of reading through grace that by-passes interpretation.
it's a very protestant way of thinking.
seriously.
catholics dont think this way about scripture, which is the paradigm that's at play here.
but there's a way in which i like communing with the framers. i like the idea of a thomas jefferson finger puppet: you can stuff your index finger up its ass and then say: what do you think of THAT one, thomas? and the thomas jefferson finger puppet will say: what are you asking me for? the words are plain.
it'd be fun theater.
but as an approach to law, it's insanity.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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