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misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
7. Link: This one hits us with the truth. Outstanding Post.
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 05:49 PM
Jul 2014
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025182086#post19

The Zeroth Amendment: The Basis of All "Modern" Conservative Jurisprudence

SNIP.. In other words, we have to step back from the zombie attitude that the Constitution is whatever the Court says it is, and state unequivocally that when their decisions are so far removed from reason, jurisprudence, and the rights of the people that they are effectively creating their own secessionist state via their decisions, we have to take the position that we reject these decisions - not merely "opine" that they are wrong. Because they are not merely wrong, they are fundamentally outside the Court's purview. The Zeroth Amendment, folks, is the seed of right-wing totalitarianism that they've tried to plant without having to win elections or pass Amendments, but simply to put five people on the Supreme Court who will interpret it into existence and strike down any law challenging it.

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