> The reality of pre-industrial America circa the writing of the Constitution, which we have decided defines the limit of interpreting the language in that document. ... Non-physical goods didn't exist back then

Did insurance markets and stock markets not exist back then? The Dutch East India Company is almost 200 years older than the United States.

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krapp a day ago | parent [-]

Insurance and stocks were not subject to the Interstate Commerce clause until the 19th and 20th century, and the Dutch East India company dealt in physical goods, which is what I was talking about.

Why the fuck can't you read?

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15155 a day ago | parent [-]

The Dutch East India Company's ownership was traded internationally... on a stock market. "Non-physical goods didn't exist back then"

> Why the fuck can't you read?

I'm not the one throwing "well-regulated militia" out as a serious argument (as if prefatory clauses somehow change the remainder of a sentence.) Why the fuck can't you read? Perhaps you should volunteer to be on the door-to-door confiscation squads.

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krapp a day ago | parent [-]

>I'm not the one throwing "well-regulated militia" out as a serious argument (as if prefatory clauses somehow change the remainder of a sentence.)

Take it up with the Supreme Court then.

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		I'll keep machining away, good luck with your facially-incorrect theories!