[CornFed]

"but I stop short of thinking that the text and "original intent"--as best we can discern it--is the end of any analysis into the text's meaning"

I can see that it is not the end.  I think Scalia regarded it as the means.


As to a Constitutional Convention, I too shudder to contemplate the hot mess such an enclave might produce.  Yet I have discussed with my friends and my brothers such a possibility because it is intriguing and because, basically, I'm a dreamer (like John Lennon?  8) ).  The harsh reality of our current environment, however, often makes me think of the movie Network.  We have turned the serious business of choosing a leader into a version of American Idol.  "I am mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it any more!"

[CornFed]

"but I stop short of thinking that the text and "original intent"--as best we can discern it--is the end of any analysis into the text's meaning"

I can see that it is not the end.  I think Scalia regarded it as the means.


As to a Constitutional Convention, I too shudder to contemplate the hot mess such an enclave might produce.  Yet I have discussed with my friends and my brothers such a possibility because it is intriguing and because, basically, I'm a dreamer (like John Lennon?  8) ).  The harsh reality of our current environment, however, often makes me think of the movie Network.  We have turned the serious business of choosing a leader into a version of American Idol.  "I am mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it any more!"