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femmocrat

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8. Here's what Justice Stevens has to say about amending the wording:
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:25 PM
Aug 2014

This is a really good read:

The five extra words that can fix the Second Amendment

>snip<

As a result of the rulings in Heller and McDonald, the Second Amendment, which was adopted to protect the states from federal interference with their power to ensure that their militias were “well regulated,” has given federal judges the ultimate power to determine the validity of state regulations of both civilian and militia-related uses of arms. That anomalous result can be avoided by adding five words to the text of the Second Amendment to make it unambiguously conform to the original intent of its draftsmen. As so amended, it would read:

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms when serving in the Militia shall not be infringed.”

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-five-extra-words-that-can-fix-the-second-amendment/2014/04/11/f8a19578-b8fa-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html

Perhaps a edit is in order. whistler162 Aug 2014 #1
What did i miss? terdheadur Aug 2014 #3
Pass the ERA shenmue Aug 2014 #2
Agree. That's a federal constitutional issue. pinto Aug 2014 #7
It was in the USSR's Constitution of 1977 - TBF Aug 2014 #17
Codify non-personing of corporations. Public fund elections. immoderate Aug 2014 #4
Voter registration becomes automatic at age 18, no registration needed except to determine precinct. arcane1 Aug 2014 #5
Voters STILL won't show up! Place a fine end of year tax time, like Austrailia! 250.00 TheNutcracker Aug 2014 #9
Dump the outdated and dangerous 2nd Amendment! nt Walk away Aug 2014 #6
Here's what Justice Stevens has to say about amending the wording: femmocrat Aug 2014 #8
Ahem imthevicar Aug 2014 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #16
Citizens United. We the People have no voice because of this ruling by the courts. TheNutcracker Aug 2014 #10
Term limit for Supreme Court Justices rock Aug 2014 #11
I have ten: ancianita Aug 2014 #13
9 just might requite a ConCon Reter Aug 2014 #22
Likely so. Having lost so much civilian command of intel, armed forces and defense industries, ancianita Aug 2014 #23
Eliminate midterm elections. lastlib Aug 2014 #14
Proportional Representation in the House of Representatives. Joe Bacon Aug 2014 #15
Edits to the First and Second Matrosov Aug 2014 #18
Let me address this. IronGate Aug 2014 #20
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #21
Assuming you don't mean adding amendments... Chan790 Aug 2014 #19
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