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So do we actually have to alter it to tax and register and ID guns and their owners? libdem4life Dec 2012 #1
Second does not grant a right, it requires government to protect a right. Either RKBA for jody Dec 2012 #2
says nothing about costs and does mention militia. samsingh Dec 2012 #3
The 2nd and 9th amendments means whatever the Supreme Court says it does MightyMopar Dec 2012 #5
Is that a precedent you *really* want to set? X_Digger Dec 2012 #10
Today's Supreme Court is just about whatever you can get away with. It's a clown car. MightyMopar Dec 2012 #15
WHAT precedent??? gcomeau Dec 2012 #26
Roe V. Wade you say HA HA HA HA HA HA HA so you wanna do to guns what they did to Roe? graham4anything Dec 2012 #29
You forgot to plug for "mayor stop and frisk". beevul Dec 2012 #30
Bloomberg financed the Calif. race between pro-nra and anti-nra. The anti-nra upset the pro-nra graham4anything Dec 2012 #31
You have a little fleck of spittle.. no.. other side.. up.. up.. right there. Got it. X_Digger Dec 2012 #33
Funny you should mention Lawrence v Texas Major Nikon Dec 2012 #32
Your subject line is very debatable. white_wolf Dec 2012 #27
Please read and understand SCOTUS UNITED STATES v. CRUIKSHANK ET AL. 92 U.S. 542 (1876) jody Dec 2012 #38
Kagan diagreeed as do I. white_wolf Dec 2012 #40
Agree re philosophy. I put together a DU post in 2007 that I hoped would serve as a point of jody Dec 2012 #41
Too bad I missed that post. I would have joined in, but I wasn't here in 07 n/t white_wolf Dec 2012 #42
Seems like RKBA is an excellent issue to discuss "rights" because it has divided and polarized jody Dec 2012 #43
I disagree with your conclusion. white_wolf Dec 2012 #44
In spite of DOI(1776) and PA(1776) & VT(1777) declaring that rights exist, you continue to jody Dec 2012 #45
Natural and inherent rights are a logical fallacy though. white_wolf Dec 2012 #47
I said rights are rights because people excluded them from authority to govern when they created jody Dec 2012 #48
Jefferson had his ass handed to him in Marbury vs Madison IDoMath Dec 2012 #4
Citezens United ruling has already many destroyed checks and balances MightyMopar Dec 2012 #6
So you want to abandon constitutional supremacy and have a strong executive instead? IDoMath Dec 2012 #7
The horse is long out of the barn on that one MightyMopar Dec 2012 #8
And you want to help them with that? IDoMath Dec 2012 #9
Huh? He said that lots of the so-called checks and balances have been abandoned. And you twist that rhett o rick Dec 2012 #11
It all begins in 1803 IDoMath Dec 2012 #14
Name calling voids anything you might have to say. Go away PLEASE. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #18
Where was I name calling in that post? IDoMath Dec 2012 #19
If you must continue. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #34
Facts and analysis are name calling? IDoMath Dec 2012 #35
And you continue. Apparently you dont think much of Thomas Jefferson. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #36
Ah yes, Marbuy vs Madison. That's where the Supreme Court said that despite what the rhett o rick Dec 2012 #12
The corporate whore Republicans have turned the Supreme Court in to a clown car MightyMopar Dec 2012 #13
Have I just walked into free republic? IDoMath Dec 2012 #16
I wont continue a discussion with someone as rude as you. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #17
I'm as gobsmacked as you. X_Digger Dec 2012 #20
It's a very complex system and we are essentially lied to in our schools IDoMath Dec 2012 #21
Well, any high school government class will discuss the balance of power.. X_Digger Dec 2012 #22
But the analysis is incomplete and sometimes misleading. IDoMath Dec 2012 #23
Apparently, a strong, unbalanced executive is good when it's "one of OURS"... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #24
And that attitude can be found elsewhere at DU: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #25
Seriously?! When did the left start opposing Judicial Review? white_wolf Dec 2012 #28
Concerning requirements we wear the same coat: The Press... Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #37
Arms like cannons and grenades back then vs drones and explosives like we have now? MightyMopar Dec 2012 #39
What part of the 1st Amendment's freedom of religion can be altered? 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #46
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