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Originally Posted by Flash
Why don't we just construe the Constitution according the words in the document and the tried and true common law rules of interpretation set down by Blackstone, Rutherford, Coke and Middleton, instead of trying to figure out the convictions of men who have been dead for over a hundred years?
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Originally Posted by FOJ
That was actually my point. If you are serious about doing so, then the separation of church and state evaporates.
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I see. What exactly are you referring to by the phrase "separation of church and state?" Are you saying that the Constitution doesn’t exclude religion from the cognizance of the federal government?
What do you think I was referring to by "the tried and true common law rules of interpretation set down by Blackstone, Rutherford, Coke and Middleton?"