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Was the Birther Conspiracy Theory Really Started by Hillary Clinton Supporters?

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EPR-radar7/23/2015 3:15:29 pm PDT

re: #66 Higgs Boson’s Mate

The Texas AG has a novel, nay, hallucinatory, interpretation of sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment.

Seems to be standard wingnut textual analysis to me:
1) Decide what I want.

2) Find the most authoritative relevant text.

3) Assert that the text supports my position.

Even a wingnut can do it because understanding the text (or even reading it) is not necessary. The text can be anything (Bible, constitution, congressional deals etc.)

Noted practitioners of this method include Justices Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Scalia.