In a message dated 11/22/2005 9:09:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Webster's Third International does not contain the word "totally" in
either definition of "prohibit". But perhaps that is not the "Webster's"
that Madison purportedly "expected" people to use?
Well, can Madison be faulted for failing to use a dictionary that wasn't available, even in its first edition?
 
As a general principle, I would note that the Supreme Court does seem to rely on the Webster's Third Edition International Dictionary for definitions of common and ordinary language.
 
Is the Court's insistence on use of an international dictionary further evidence of our loss of national boundaries (he queries mischieviously).
 
Jim Henderson
Senior Counsel
ACLJ
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