Does the forum have a right-wing bias?

[Akno21]

On constitutional issues, there's definitly an originalist slant, just look at the poll results for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy that are in the FF/HP series. Also, there is definitly a very strong anti-PC bias, though that may be a good thing. On both issues, the forum is vastly different from the American public, which probably has at least 25% more support of Roe v. Wade than the forum, and is a lot more politically correct than anyone posting here.

[Akno21]

On constitutional issues, there's definitly an originalist slant...

I would disagree with that assessment. There are only three originalists on this board as far as I am aware: A18, Ebowed, and me.

But from what I've read of the constitutional threads, the only person able to put up a real argument against you guys is Peter Bell. Of the few people who actually understand judicial issues, it seems that select group is mainly originalist.

[Akno21]

On constitutional issues, there's definitly an originalist slant...

I would disagree with that assessment. There are only three originalists on this board as far as I am aware: A18, Ebowed, and me.

But from what I've read of the constitutional threads, the only person able to put up a real argument against you guys is Peter Bell. Of the few people who actually understand judicial issues, it seems that select group is mainly originalist.

Wasn't migrendel pretty interested in legal issues? If he'd been around in the past year we might have had some interesting debates. Not that I'd understand much of them...

I'm not counting him since hasn't been continously active in ages. However, would he return, my assessment would change, as he has the ability to tilt the scales. 

[Akno21]

But from what I've read of the constitutional threads, the only person able to put up a real argument against you guys is Peter Bell.

Well, jimrtex and muon2 are also very good debaters, but they post infrequently. The funny thing is that Peter actually agrees with us (the originalist posters) on a number of issues (for example, that the federal minimum wage is unconstitutional); almost all of our disagreements are over the Ninth Amendment.

That may have been the debate I saw, I don't read everything.

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I agree, but as someone who, for example, supports the minimum wage, but isn't constitutionally educated enough yet to have an in depth debate on the issue, it would be nice to be able to read educated (i.e. not Jfern, Scoonie) posts supporting my general view. Being one of the younger posters here, I have general views on a lot of issues, but not neccessarily in-depth ones, so I learn a lot from just reading the posts.