March 23, 2017
Five Dumbest Questions for Gorsuch
Dana Mathewson
"Hey, Minnesota, we're Number One!"
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/03/five-dumbest-questions-to-gorsuch.php
A NOTE FROM JACK KEMP:
The issue: Klobuchar pressed Gorsuch about his views on originalism, a concept in which judges adhere to the strict meaning of the Constitution when it was written.
The question: "So when the Constitution refers, like, 30-some times to ‘his’ or ‘he’ when describing the president of the United States, you would see that as, well back then, they thought a woman actually could be president of the United States even though women couldn’t vote?â€
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My response to Sen: Klobuchar...
First of all, Senator Klobuchar, women I believe did have the vote in New Jersey way back when for a time but that is technicality. Secondly, even if I take your premise that no woman could vote in 1788, it was theoretically - theoretically - possible for MEN to vote a woman into the Office of President from the beginning of the U.S. Constitutional government. It just wasn't likely to happen. Although Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution refers to the qualifications for President and states in its second sentence "He shall hold his office," this use of "he" is a generic use of the male pronoun for mixed sex groups of the possible candidates. If it were legally interpreted as Male Only, Hillary would have not gotten the nomination of her party. Later on in Article 2, Section 1, it states that "No person except a natural born citizen," etc. can become president. It does NOT say "No person except a male natural born citizen," etc. Thirdly, the office of "How Many Angels Can Dance on the Head of a Pin" and poor Constitutional scholarship is located several blocks away from the Capitol and in the new Obama family residence.
DANA REPLIES:
There's a suspicion that the donkeys may try to cut a deal with the elephants over this one. Let's hope the elephants don't cave. Oh, Grahamnesty and McVain will, and maybe Collins, but it'll take five of them to ruin things.
"Hey, Minnesota, we're Number One!"
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/03/five-dumbest-questions-to-gorsuch.php
A NOTE FROM JACK KEMP:
The issue: Klobuchar pressed Gorsuch about his views on originalism, a concept in which judges adhere to the strict meaning of the Constitution when it was written.
The question: "So when the Constitution refers, like, 30-some times to ‘his’ or ‘he’ when describing the president of the United States, you would see that as, well back then, they thought a woman actually could be president of the United States even though women couldn’t vote?â€
END QUOTE
My response to Sen: Klobuchar...
First of all, Senator Klobuchar, women I believe did have the vote in New Jersey way back when for a time but that is technicality. Secondly, even if I take your premise that no woman could vote in 1788, it was theoretically - theoretically - possible for MEN to vote a woman into the Office of President from the beginning of the U.S. Constitutional government. It just wasn't likely to happen. Although Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution refers to the qualifications for President and states in its second sentence "He shall hold his office," this use of "he" is a generic use of the male pronoun for mixed sex groups of the possible candidates. If it were legally interpreted as Male Only, Hillary would have not gotten the nomination of her party. Later on in Article 2, Section 1, it states that "No person except a natural born citizen," etc. can become president. It does NOT say "No person except a male natural born citizen," etc. Thirdly, the office of "How Many Angels Can Dance on the Head of a Pin" and poor Constitutional scholarship is located several blocks away from the Capitol and in the new Obama family residence.
DANA REPLIES:
There's a suspicion that the donkeys may try to cut a deal with the elephants over this one. Let's hope the elephants don't cave. Oh, Grahamnesty and McVain will, and maybe Collins, but it'll take five of them to ruin things.
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