Randolph, your knowledge of the Constitution is rather lacking when you say that the document didn't specifically address slavery. Do you not recall the 3/5 compromise which counted a slave as 3/5's of a person for the purpose of taxation and Congressional representation? If this wasn't a flat-out endorsement of slavery, then I don't know what is.
So given that the role of the Supreme Court is to interpret what is legally permissible under the Constitution...I think it's entirely fair to say that deciding "justice" is not the primary purpose of the Court. If there was any justice in our nation, elections would be decided by the vote instead of by 5 Republican justices.
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05-19-2011
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