According to 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner in a post published to Slate, U.S. judges should stop studying the Constitution.No word yet on whether Richard Posner believes that California should have a bigger voting share in the U.S. Senate. Also, no word yet on whether the President Obama should set the tax code. Are Richard Posner's mother's political views starting to influence him?
“I see absolutely no value to a judge of spending decades, years, months, weeks, day, hours, minutes, or seconds studying the Constitution, the history of its enactment, its amendments, and its implementation,” Posner argued.
“Eighteenth-century guys, however smart, could not foresee the culture, technology, etc., of the 21st century,” he continued. “Which means that the original Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the post–Civil War amendments (including the 14th), do not speak to today.”
Monday, June 27, 2016
Federal Judge: U.S. Constitution Is Outdated, Judges Should Stop Studying It
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