Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for February 26, 2016

Transcript:

man: The constitution says the president "shall" Nominate supreme court justices. SO, should Obama nominate a replacement for judge scalia even though its the last year of his term? Scalia: Boo... Man: Wha...Its...the ghost of JUDGE SCALIA!! Scalia: Thats right, Ive come back to set everyone straight! Scalia: My life was devoted to the interpretation of laws by the plain, original meaning of there texts. Man: So...youre saying "the president shall nominate" means he has a constitutional obligation to do so, Scalia: No, You fool! Clearly, in this case , "shall" wasn't meant by the framers to apply to a lame duck president! Man: But thats not what the words say, Man: wait a minute, Im starting to think that you used this supposedly objective "orginalism" to reach the results you wanted! What?! Man: You selectively interpreted text so that you could deny rights to the oppressed and support the privileged! Scalia: Nonsense!! How dare you?? Of course the framers would agree with my consistent plain interpretation their words over my career, Oh judge scalia.... Scalia' Er...the framers of the constitution!! Founding fathers: we've been waiting for you to join us! Wed like to have a word with you! Next: The founding fathers "Take off their belts'!