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EPISODE · Oct 13, 2022 · 39 MIN

The Times, The Spirit, The Text, The Probability

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Send us Fan MailWe have allowed ourselves to be so far removed from the plain text of our Supreme Law of the Land that it's little wonder that the leftists among us feel that the interpretation of the Constitution must be based on statistics, polls, popular opinion, skewed studies and the criminal actions of evil people amongst us. This is readily seen in a recent CNN article that shows the panic on the left in the face of the Bruen decision.“On every occasion [of Constitutional interpretation] let us carry ourselves back to THE TIME when the Constitution was adopted, recollect THE SPIRIT manifested in the debates, and instead of trying [to force] what meaning may be squeezed out of THE TEXT, or invented against it, [instead let us] conform to THE PROBABLE one in which it was passed.”– Thomas Jefferson, excerpt from a letter to William Johnson, 12 June 1823Support the showThe Watch Floor - YouTubeAskari Media GroupBuy Paul Eberle's book "Look at the Dirt"Paul Eberle (lookatthedirt.com)

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Send us Fan Mail We have allowed ourselves to be so far removed from the plain text of our Supreme Law of the Land that it's little wonder that the leftists among us feel that the interpretation of the Constitution must be based on statistics, polls, popular opinion, skewed studies and the criminal actions of evil people amongst us. This is readily seen in a recent CNN article that shows the panic on the left in the face of the Bruen decision. “On every occasion [of Constitutional interpreta...

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