tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post125694698926342355..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Something I think is worth pointing out after listening to C-Span discussion of ACA this morningEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-41114255363401313342012-07-11T16:25:32.053-04:002012-07-11T16:25:32.053-04:00Not only is the constitution contested at present:...Not only is the constitution contested at present: the very people who wrote it had different ideas about what the language they agreed to meant. Representatives of different leanings deliberately chose ambiguous wordings that they could still interpret so as to go back to their base and say, "we got what we wanted!" And some, like Madison, were opportunistic about interpreting it: in the 1790s he said that the national bank was unconstitutional; but when he found as president that he needed a national bank, he was happy to found one himself.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943136764424893492noreply@blogger.com