“The Constitution has to be interpreted loosely, otherwise it becomes a straitjacket. You can't interpret it literally. You can pretend to, and go digging around in 18th Century dictionaries to figure out what 'cruel and unusual punishment' meant or what the 'right to bear arms' meant, but that is all fake really. The Constitution has to be interpreted in light of modern needs, and that's what they (the strict interpreters) end up doing in spite of all their investigations.” NeedsEndsLightModernCenturyFiguresArmsBearsConstitutionPunishmentFakeSpiteUnusualInvestigationStrictDictionaryDiggingRight To Bear ArmsInterpreter18th CenturyCruel And Unusual Punishment Author:Richard Posner
“Heterosexuals get drunk and pregnant, producing unwanted children; their reward is to be allowed to marry. Homosexual couples do not produce unwanted children; their reward is to be denied the right to marry. Go figure.” ChildrenFiguresProduceCoupleRewardsDrunkDeniedPregnantHomosexualUnwantedMarriage Equality Author:Richard Posner
