Scalia showing his respect for diverse opinion

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Sorry scaeagles .. but whether you or I find the meaning of the Second Amendment clear is beside the point. It's been infamously controversial throughout American history for the differences of highly intelligent people in interpreting the wording of the Founding Fathers.

It's a clear example of the falicy of your argument that the meaning of "is" is "is." It's far more complicated than that.

But that isn't a changing of the meaning, Ism. There are, of course, completely legitimate arguments as to what the intent of the founders was. I have no problem with that, and completely invite such arguments, particularly with such bastardization of interstate commerce throughout history and, more recently, eminent domain.

I am talking about the changing of the meaning. As was Scalia. Intelligent people disagree all the time. He was saying that those who think the meaning of the Constitution changes - as in being a living, breathing document - are idiots.