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by kelseyfrog 578 days ago
> the federal government doesn't interrupt the Constitution, the courts do

I'm hate to be the one to inform you, but the court system is part of the government. Indeed courts pertaining to federal laws are part of the federal government.

Again, unless you are literally the federal government of the United States, the constitution doesn't constrain your actions.
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Eumenes 578 days ago
No need to be obtuse. The judiciary is obviously one of 3 branches of the government, but the federal government as a whole operates within the framework of the Constitution as interpreted by the courts/judiciary. This was established by Marbury v. Madison in 1803: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/marbury-v-madis...

In the context of this thread, I was replying to a comment saying that it was "unconstitutional" to "control" public healthcare funded elective procedures, as a form of "eugenics" ... quite ridiculous.

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kelseyfrog 578 days ago
No, you were making a literal statement about the constitution in a way that wasn't logically valid.

It's a common tactic to make an egregious error and the dial it back until with hedges and constraints until the other person concedes. It's embarrassing.

There are plenty of valid ways to make your point. Choose one of those instead.

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