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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (58377)10/31/2005 10:24:26 AM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (3) of 173976
 
When I was in school, the two Constitutional camps were 'broad interpretation' and 'narrow interpretation'. The conservatives have successfully changed those terms to 'activist' and 'strict'. The connotations of those words change the debate from federalist vs anti-federalist to good vs evil. Very clever of them conservatives.

I agree with broad vs. narrow, but I don't think that translates to federalist v. anti-federalist.

And how narrow or strict does one want to be? There's nothing in the Constitution that explicitly prohibits segregated schools. Certainly the Founding Fathers weren't interested in educating the blacks. Who says they have to be in the same schools as whites or even have to have access to "equal" schools. That's certainly not in the US Constitution. The 15th amendment only gave blacks the right to vote. If Congress were to pass an act permitting segregated schools then would these strict constitutionalists say that the USSC should defer to Congress?

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