where does she think these values come from and how are they enforced
Back in the day people would have just been honest that they thought this stuff came down from some kind of divine entity.
When you strip the religious aspect out, it just stops making sense. You’re reduced to making vague arguments about “natural” law or tradition. They’re talking about “enduring” values here, so I guess the angle is some kind of legal darwinism - the values have survived so far so they must be good and representative of what the people actually want. Because, as we all know, values get to just compete in the free marketplace of ideas and the best ones win out, there’s never been a case of a political elite working to maintain the values that benefit them and crush the ones that don’t.
:stacy-yes:
Honestly the first sentence in the last tweet is pretty close to getting it. It’s coincidentally also the reasoning used by the Federalist Society whenever they get pressed about one of their blatantly corrupt decisions.
IT FUCKING LITERALLY IS LIKE THAT YOU FUCKING IMBECILE
LAW IS NOT FUCKING PHYSICS, YOU DIPSHIT, IT’S JUST THE PEOPLE IN POWER WRITING THE RULES
The absolute funniest bit is acting like the American constitution is unalterable, like…it can be amended, and in fact has been many times since it’s creation lmao.
You can even indirectly nullify/remove amendments via the passage of another amendment, it is completely mutable and beholden to political machinations
And the power of amendments is unlimited - you could pass one that says “this document is know defunct”
Stupid fuckin liberals
The “eNduRing vaLue oF tHe AmErIcan cOnstitUtional orDer” is called slavery you brain-dead legalist, right there in the 13th amendment, eat my poo
