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**Soassesaisp** · 11-14-2005, 02:39 AM

That has little to do with Constitutional interpretation. Progressive taxation is clearly constitutional.

I think that whether you are liberal or conservative, you'd support strict constructionist judges. Unless of course you are more wed to government programs than you are to civil liberties issues. I think all Democrats should ask themselves which they think is more important, because they can't have both in the long run. Strong government always leads to less civil liberties, not more. Especially when you actively try to use government to restrict "other" people's liberties, such as business owners. It always comes back around to you and you end up with things like the Patriot Act. A piece of legislation that could never have happened with a strict constructionist court.

11-14-2005, 02:39 AM	#16
Soassesaisp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 393 Senior Member	That has little to do with Constitutional interpretation. Progressive taxation is clearly constitutional. I think that whether you are liberal or conservative, you'd support strict constructionist judges. Unless of course you are more wed to government programs than you are to civil liberties issues. I think all Democrats should ask themselves which they think is more important, because they can't have both in the long run. Strong government always leads to less civil liberties, not more. Especially when you actively try to use government to restrict "other" people's liberties, such as business owners. It always comes back around to you and you end up with things like the Patriot Act. A piece of legislation that could never have happened with a strict constructionist court.
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