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dballance

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1. Thank You for an Insightful Post
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 06:43 AM
Oct 2012

Scalia says he wants to generally live and rule to the words of the Constitution as they meant when they were written back in the late 1700's. So I appreciate your giving us a view on what they might have meant to common people back then.

We all know terms tend to change over time. Just think about what one would have said in the 80's as funny or derogative versus what one would say now.

Second Amendment wording. [View all] Decoy of Fenris Oct 2012 OP
Thank You for an Insightful Post dballance Oct 2012 #1
Could you look into the 18th century use of safeinOhio Oct 2012 #2
Incorrect, at least in part. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2012 #3
Would the example of Switzerland's safeinOhio Oct 2012 #4
Yes and no. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2012 #5
I admire your style of writing glacierbay Oct 2012 #9
DA PAM 600-67 Clames Oct 2012 #12
18th century colonial militia trained Francis Marion Oct 2012 #13
It says "keep and bear arms". Lord Magus Dec 2012 #16
I really have nothing to add to this thread Trunk Monkey Oct 2012 #6
The Right of The PEOPLE shall NOT be INFRINGED because the Founding Fathers Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2012 #7
Correct glacierbay Oct 2012 #8
Yup, nothing new here. Atypical Liberal Oct 2012 #10
he twisted and contorted the sentence structure into a pretzel. Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2012 #11
The NYT is fascinated with the grammatical structure of the Second Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #14
There is no such thing as a "collective" right. There is no right that a collective can exercise... Atypical Liberal Oct 2012 #15
Madison wanted cheap land and labor. BrightKnight Dec 2012 #17
I've read the Heller amici "BRIEF FOR PROFESSORS OF LINGUISTICS AND ENGLISH DENNIS E. BARON, Ph.D., jody Dec 2012 #18
Very interesting link. (n/t) spin Jan 2013 #22
But the professors don't explain how the following amendment would not also limit "procreation". jody Jan 2013 #23
Wm Rawle, 1825, on bearing arms jimmy the one Jan 2013 #19
8 british scholars refute scalia's ruling & english interpretation jimmy the one Jan 2013 #20
GW & select militias jimmy the one Jan 2013 #21
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