the reason purpose isn't man up labble -- man up -- maniplable is a joke that explains it. why is it funny? you all loathe this joke. there's a couple people flying in a balloon in maine and they're lost and they come down and see a farmer and one shouts "where are we?" and the farmer says, "you're in a balloon." [laughter] >> now, why is that funny? because it ignores the context. if my wife says to me there's no butter, she doesn't mean there's no butter at the corner store. she means in the fridge. ok. how do i know that? i know that because of context. and there isn't really this terrible problem that justice scalia sees in using purposes, because the context of the case and the context of the statute or the context of the constitutional provision tells us, more often than not, how to use it. so i see not much of a problem, though sometimes purposes are tough. but at least not as tough as the history sometimes when you try to explain that and deal with it in very complex, fact-specific matters. but anyway, sometimes tough. but even if it's equal, at least if you follow

the reason purpose isn't man up labble -- man up -- maniplable is a joke that explains it. why is it funny? you all loathe this joke. there's a couple people flying in a balloon in maine and they're lost and they come down and see a farmer and one shouts "where are we?" and the farmer says, "you're in a balloon." [laughter] >> now, why is that funny? because it ignores the context. if my wife says to me there's no butter, she doesn't mean there's no butter at the corner store. she means in the fridge. ok. how do i know that? i know that because of context. and there isn't really this terrible problem that justice scalia sees in using purposes, because the context of the case and the context of the statute or the context of the constitutional provision tells us, more often than not, how to use it. so i see not much of a problem, though sometimes purposes are tough. but at least not as tough as the history sometimes when you try to explain that and deal with it in very complex, fact-specific matters. but anyway, sometimes tough. but even if it's equal, at least if you follow