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In reply to the discussion: If an executive order can limit guns, can it also restrict abortion rights? [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)the one in which the SCOTUS describes how things are to be interpreted going forward.
While others can use his dissent in future arguments, by definition, his dissent is not the over-riding document on this case.
And the US Constitution supersedes the State Constitutions. Even as it drew aspects from some of those in existence at the time.
Interestingly, the example you used provides these rights to "men" ... not slaves, or women. And of course now, that oversight by the founders has been corrected.
The Constitution, and its interpretation, gets "corrected" from time to time.
Having said all this ... I'm not sure what your point is regarding an Obama executive order. I suppose you might have apoint if he tries to declare all guns illegal, but no one who is serious anticipates that, or anything close.