signalmankenneth
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To the editor: UC Davis law professor Aaron Tang provides a refreshing — and enlightening — take on Supreme Court justices who proclaim absolute certainty in their interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
Their high degree of certitude parallels what we hear from religious leaders given to interpreting a far older written work — to wit, the Bible, which like the Constitution was written when women were accorded second-class status and slavery was practiced widely.
Fortunately, our Constitution is deemed subject to amendment. Thus Black slaves eventually were freed and women obtained the right to vote.
But where religious zealots proclaim the unamendable Bible to be the "inerrant word of God," it figures that prominent faiths abided subjugation of women and racial segregation for many decades after Constitutional flaws were corrected.
Hence there is no sense in praying that our high court's theocratically inclined majority will concede constitutional uncertainty anytime soon.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/letters-editor-justices-interpret-constitution-100032480.html
Their high degree of certitude parallels what we hear from religious leaders given to interpreting a far older written work — to wit, the Bible, which like the Constitution was written when women were accorded second-class status and slavery was practiced widely.
Fortunately, our Constitution is deemed subject to amendment. Thus Black slaves eventually were freed and women obtained the right to vote.
But where religious zealots proclaim the unamendable Bible to be the "inerrant word of God," it figures that prominent faiths abided subjugation of women and racial segregation for many decades after Constitutional flaws were corrected.
Hence there is no sense in praying that our high court's theocratically inclined majority will concede constitutional uncertainty anytime soon.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/letters-editor-justices-interpret-constitution-100032480.html