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RE: Hey Steemit Libertarians, are you a Constitutional originalists or pragmatists?

in #dtube7 years ago

I respectfully disagree. Acting pragmatically can have the effect of changing the meaning of the law and setting that in stone--having an ossifying effect--all without any democratic input whatsoever. This can lead to a very frustrated electorate that can go overboard in its reaction to stiff and unbending interpretations of laws which had no democratic input.