| There's a recent movement of pigeonholing everyone who places any value in the sanctity of the constitution as "strict constructionists" or "textualists". As if by exaggerating the rigidity of their convictions we're supposed to evoke images of other forms of literal fanaticism amongst religious and nationalistic orthodoxies. Whereas those who revel in flagrant violations of constitutional boundaries with extra-legal socialist intrusions like Social Security, welfare and non-apportioned taxation like the income tax are "progressive" and "open-minded".
Not ONLY is that total bullshit, it's also transparent to the American electorate and is reflected widespread dissatisfaction with the New Deal democrats and their socialist incrementalism across the nation. | 