As for our Ouija-board Supreme Court, it would be nice if they would take time off from holding séances with the long-dead founders, whose original intent so puzzles them, and actually examine what the founders wrought, the Constitution itself and the Bill of Rights.
In his book "The Last Empire," Gore Vidal critiques the Supreme Court, comparing its decision-making process to séances conducted with the ideas of the founding fathers. He expresses frustration over the Court's reliance on interpreting the original intentions of these historical figures, which he believes leads to confusion rather than clarity. Vidal implies that this approach detracts from a straightforward examination of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as they...