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Posted on 8/7/25 at 4:00 pm to bigjoe1
Judge Boesberg says, "Hold my beer.";
Posted on 8/7/25 at 4:17 pm to bigjoe1
The midterms has Donnie very much afraid.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 4:19 pm to MFn GIMP
quote:Which in turn might be important to liberals and other non-Textualists.
Except for the fact that the same language appears verbatim in section 2 of the 14th amendment.quote:
Which, very clearly, was intended to reflect that freed slaves were now considered "whole number of persons" for enumeration purposes instead of 3/5ths of a person.
“Sure, they WROTE “whole number of persons in each State,” but that is not what they MEANT. So, let’s ignore those actual words and try to decide (200 years later) what we think they meant to write.”
This post was edited on 8/7/25 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 8/7/25 at 4:22 pm to Eurocat
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I believe this is just another Trump head fake since article two of the constitution says a census shall be undertaken every TEN years.
Does it say only every ten years? if not, it is implied that is at least every ten years. Just sayin'.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 4:29 pm to SallysHuman
quote:Well
It doesn’t say it can't happen more often. Just every ten as a minimum.
quote:”The actual Enumeration” looks singular to me.
The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.
The implementing legislation is even more clear that there is to be only one census per decade, but (of course) Congress could always change that — if doing so did not contradict the actual language of the Constitution.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 4:31 pm to bigjoe1
If anything, this will again point out how many illegals are in the country.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 4:33 pm to Marco_Duo
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Marco_Duo
Oh lookie... somebody done gone and got themselves one of those nice, spiffy, shiny alters. Ain't we lucky!
Posted on 8/7/25 at 5:04 pm to Eurocat
So you agree with not counting illegals?
Posted on 8/7/25 at 5:12 pm to Marco_Duo
quote:
The actual Enumeration” looks singular to me.
It is.
Because it is referring to the initial enumeration.
quote:
and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.
Your second clause there states a minimum, not an exactitude.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 5:35 pm to BCreed1
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And there it is. Not taxed.
I would take that to court any day.
Playing Devil's Advocate the argument against that is Illegals still pay sales tax in whatever state they reside. Also, if they have stolen an SSN and are being paid with W-2 wages then they do have OASDI and federal taxes withheld. Now, we know they are not actually paying federal taxes because if they are doing that then they are filing and stealing significantly more in "credits" and "refunds" than they ever paid but it is a legal argument against that clause.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 5:37 pm to Sidicous
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I am 61 years old and have had my hands on one census form in my life.
I turned 40, exactly 2 weeks ago, and have not once talked to a census taker. They don't actually physically count every person they use statistical modeling.
This post was edited on 8/7/25 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 8/8/25 at 2:17 pm to Marco_Duo
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“Sure, they WROTE “whole number of persons in each State,” but that is not what they MEANT. So, let’s ignore those actual words and try to decide (200 years later) what we think they meant to write.”
That's why I am an Originalist and not a textualist.
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