Speaking metaphorically or symbolically or whatever, we could also say that the UET has reached its apocalyptic apotheosis, with a constitutional gottdammerung still pending. Given the fascistic forces at play in GOP politics, striking a Wagnerian note seems apt.
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The "highest stages" of semantic or public meaning originalism seem to embidy a neo-Platonic approach to constitutional interpretation. Whether this is occult or not is something I've not yet reckoned with. It is wholly indifferent to questions of the political origins of most clauses.
