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Meanwhile Amy Coney Barret plays the long game; the remaking of America.


Most disturbing in this article is the concept of "common good originalism" as expressed, chillingly in my opinion, by Harvard Law professor Adrian Vermeule.

"Just authority in rulers can be exercised for the good of subjects, if necessary even against the subjects’ own perceptions of what is best for them—perceptions that may change over time anyway, as the law teaches, habituates, and re-forms them. Subjects will come to thank the ruler whose legal strictures, possibly experienced at first as coercive, encourage subjects to form more authentic desires for the individual and common goods, better habits, and beliefs that better track and promote communal well-being."

Since when are American citizens "subjects" and since when are court justices "rulers" who will decide what's best for us? This is where the current Court is playing and it explains their outrageous rulings, with more to come I'm sure, thumbs firmly on the scale in favor of the wealthy and powerful.

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Link: Barrett's long game


Posted: 02/07/2022 at 9:03PM



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