"Amy Coney Barrett's rant about the Constitution is terrifying"

[Nevilledog]

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Scott Dworkin
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"The Constitution itself leaves plenty of room for change. Political, legal, social and otherwise." Amy Coney Barrett

This rant about The Constitution is terrifying.

[dhol82]

1. I thought she was opposed to political change?

Typical liar.

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2. I guess I'm missing the terrifying part

I get that she's a right wing nut job and would be a disaster on the court.

I also get the the federalist society is a right wing nut job organization created to abuse the political and legal processes to corrupt the judiciary into the tool of the right.

But this particular speech doesn't seem particularly controversial to me. I must be missing some context here.

Sounds like she's just saying sure, the constitution itself is hard to amend, but there's still plenty of change permitted, through legislation at the state and federal level, or constitutional change at the state level.

That's just stating the obvious.

Again, am I missing something?

[Nevilledog]

3. She's on the record as saying politics has no place in the judiciary

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4. Well that's like a white person saying racism doesn't exist

Especially when speaking at the federalist society, which as i said was created to politically corrupt the judiciary.

Still not seeing the connection to the video though....

[nilram]

5. On the face of it, me too. But the RW argument I heard on Roe recently

was that it should be overturned and the states should make their own laws, based on their local standards. Fits right in to what she's saying here -- legislation is easier to pass on a state level, and state constitutions are easier to amend. But when it comes down to it, if Roe v Wade is overturned, and a state ensures a woman's right to choose, do you think the R's are going to say "oh, okay--state's rights" ??? So I think her comments about states making their own choices is a dog-whistle w.r.t. that current talking point.