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Old 12-28-2007, 12:13 PM   #21
Undertoad
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Originally Posted by Radar View Post
If I could get my hands on a Black's Law Dictionary from 1891, I'd look up the definition at that time since it's probably the most accurate and most likely matches this one.
Nothing in the Constitution about a law dictionary being the arbiter.

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We can also read about the discussions made by the founders when they created this clause. It was referring to invasions from British or other army troops.
Nothing in the Constitution about using the (highly subjective) inner thinking of the founders (which ones??) when trying to decide how the Constitution should be applied.

And so the question remains: If we disagree over what invasion means, does the Constitution say anything about who decides whose meaning is the correct one?
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