The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

She's part of the end of the political spectrum that does not believe the First Amendment has been properly interpreted by the Supreme Court. No surprise there.

But if she was simply trying to win points on whether the phrase "separation of church and state" is word for word in the First Amendment then that's almost as stupid since it is very much the case that the separation of church and state created (in her opinion, as later stated in a supposed defense) by the Supreme Court is very much founded on its analysis of the First Amendment.

So, to me, it is like if I were to say "the 13th Amendment frees the slaves. And her brilliant response was "you're saying that frees the slaves is in the constitution? You're saying that's in the 13th Amendment? What a maroon you are, that phrase appears nowhere in the constitution." Technically right, totally moron.

But then of course there's the fact that, if the transcripts are correct she first questioned whether "separation of church and state" is in the Constitution and Coons quoted the relevant part to her and she didn't restate that the phrase was in the Constitution but instead questioned whether what he just quoted to her was in the Constitution.