Boortz just said on CNN that the Constitution doesn't give everyone

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the right to vote. What a fascist.

...AND idiot!! :party:


Amendment XIV - Citizenship rights. Ratified 7/9/1868. Note History

1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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Fucking moron. Already sent to CNN. I asked them to correct it on the air, but of course they won't.

[liberal N proud]

1. That is why I quit watching CNN

They are whores to the RW

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2. Scumbag? How about "fascist"?!!

I've not heard what he said, but Bush's apologists would make these kind of arguments, wouldn't they?

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3. You're right, I'll change it. nt

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4. Boortz is 228 years behind the times....

....he is a racist, a white supremisist, is anti-women voting, anti-minority voting and a real jurk!

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5. "I'm sorry, but WHERE exactly in the Constitution does it say that

people have freedom of religion? You damned liberals just keep making shit up."

[Gore1FL]

6. Technically speaking

it is the State's Constitutiopns that really nail the right down.

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10. See, the way I interpret the 14th Amendment is that if

any citizen has the right to vote, then all do. And of course there's a bunch of shit they took out about 21 year olds and males and stuff...

I should have looked at an updated version.

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14. I guess you gotta throw the 15th Amendment in there, too:

Amendment XV

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

[Zynx]

7. Boortz wishes that only southern whites could vote.

[shockingelk]

8. Boortz is on CNN?

They let that guy on there? Are they doing it to make fun of him?

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

9. Well, technically . . .

. . . the U.S. Constitution doesn't given anybody any "rights" at all. Rather, the Constitution imposes restrictions on governmental power, so as to protect our inalienable rights from governmental infringement.

[punpirate]

21. Read the 9th and 10th amendments...

... and I think you will find that those rights not enumerated in the Constitution accrue to the states. Those not enumerated by the states are reserved the people, i.e., If the state and federal Constitutions don't describe a right specifically, or limit a right specifically, that right accrues to the people. So, in that sense, the Constitution delineates the extent of rights.

Nevertheless, the original concept of the Constitution ensuring rights was challenged by Madison--that was the reason he objected to the Bill of Rights. Nevertheless, Jefferson felt that the original Bill of Rights was necessary to make clear the extent of infringements government could not impose--probably because he foresaw what the states might do with the power to impose infringements of rights separate and apart from the federal Constitution.

[gavodotcom]

11. He's right, kinda

Felons can't vote, neither can 5 year olds.

What was the context he said this in?

Edit: Changed subject. Too many technicallys. :)

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16. All citizens (of age) have the right to vote unless their

voting rights are taken away with due process.

That's the law, that's what it says up there.

[qazplm]

12. actually, he is right

and unfortunately so but there is no individual right to vote specifically expressed in the Constitution. in fact, each of the state legislatures can ignore the popular vote completely if they wish and nominate their own slate of electors to represent their state.

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15. Well, this part does make some mention of "the right to vote"...

Amendment XV

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

And I think the 14th covers it if anyone has the right to vote.

[LTR]

13. funny words

Coming from a so-called libertarian.

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17. Equal Protection. Boy does that get broken at a local level

on a daily basis.

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18. And now Boortz has given them all a reason, thanks to CNN's

complacency.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. He Is Technically Correct...

The state's electors elect the president and the electotors are selected at the discretion of the individual state'slegislatures...

It's an arcane debating point...

After all, at the founding of the country blacks, women, and the landless couldn't vote....

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20. The right to vote is explicitly laid out in the Constitution

as has been demonstrated in this thread.

Now, it's up to the electors if they're actually going to FOLLOW what the voters have told them to do. But the right to vote is there.