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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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28. Legal Definition of in pari materia
Sat Dec 29, 2018, 11:13 AM
Dec 2018

: on the same subject or matter : in a similar case

Note: It is a doctrine in statutory construction that statutes that are in pari materia must be construed together.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/legal/in%20pari%20materia
The purpose of the Bill of Rights is, was and will always be securing individual rights. The 2A does not secure a state's right to have a militia.

United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939) [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 OP
What weapons are appropriate to a State militia? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #1
Well regulated means well equiped. gejohnston Dec 2018 #3
well-regulated militia member murders his wife sharedvalues Dec 2018 #4
appeal to emotion, gejohnston Dec 2018 #7
Nope, appeal to facts. Woman murdered. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #8
about facts, gejohnston Dec 2018 #11
Nearly everything you said is false. Please read here. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #15
Vox gejohnston Dec 2018 #16
Vox is truth seeking media sharedvalues Dec 2018 #19
the average Vox writer gejohnston Dec 2018 #21
This is a rightwing talking point. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #22
no, it is objective fact gejohnston Dec 2018 #23
An example of an article with internal inconsistencies discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #29
So if you pay taxes in Ferguson, Missouri... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #12
No, but if you buy ammo, you're complicit in Sandy Hook sharedvalues Dec 2018 #14
That just smells like more "flexible logic" n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #26
See the list of small arms here discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #5
And Scalia's later Heller decision was motivated by politics. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #2
re: "Originalism is a bullshit excuse..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #6
Originalism is Republican bullsh*t. As i said. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #9
Thanks, I will read it but, respectfully... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #10
Respectfully, Scalia, Heller, and "originalism" get Americans killed sharedvalues Dec 2018 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author gejohnston Dec 2018 #17
Please continue to defend Republican judges nm sharedvalues Dec 2018 #18
I defend the BoR, gejohnston Dec 2018 #20
"Well-regulated militia" sharedvalues Dec 2018 #25
which meant you show up with your own gun and gear gejohnston Dec 2018 #27
bulloffal on equipped jimmy the one Jan 2019 #38
To "regulate" the equipment of the militia would apply to #1, yagotme Jan 2019 #39
I am right, you are wrong. gejohnston Jan 2019 #40
no rebuttals, just ad homs & cheap shots & tap dancing jimmy the one Jan 2019 #41
only a postload of ad hominem & cheap shots gejohnston Jan 2019 #42
you're confused discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2019 #43
Legal Definition of in pari materia discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #28
re: germane discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2018 #24
miller vs unorganized militia jimmy the one Jan 2019 #30
re: "This 1939 supreme court ruling on miller was UNANIMOUS." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2019 #31
unorganized militia is a JOKE jimmy the one Jan 2019 #34
Thank you: "It is an opinion..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2019 #35
The current existing law from Title 10 of the US Code discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2019 #36
Last but not least re: "...JOKE" discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2019 #44
Two comments. aikoaiko Jan 2019 #32
You are dead wrong on just about everything jimmy the one Jan 2019 #33
Problems with some of your comments: yagotme Jan 2019 #37
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