Posted on 10/08/2015 2:15:49 PM PDT by rktman
In August, my colleague Charlie Cooke wrote an epic rant daring the Left to stop talking about repealing the Second Amendment and start doing it. Introduce the repeal to Congress, work it through the states, and tell the American people what you want to do — take from them a fundamental, enumerated right from the Bill of Rights. As Charlie eloquently outlines, repealing the Second Amendment is an impossible task. Even worse for the Left, it’s political suicide.
But if the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges teaches us anything, it’s that the age of judicial supremacy means that five justices can amend the Constitution far more efficiently than Congress and the state legislatures. And right now there are clearly four Supreme Court justices who are committed to the absurd view that the operative clause of the Second Amendment — “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” — doesn’t actually mean “the right of the people” and therefore doesn’t encompass an individual right to own a weapon, even for self-defense. This view defies history yet is received, conventional wisdom on the judicial Left, in much the same way that it’s received, conventional wisdom that the Constitution actually protects rights to abortion and gay marriage.
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That would be 5 Justices putting themselves up for immediate impeachment - if the Congress could finds its gonads with either hand.
Hillary, Biden, and Sanders will enforce it. Who will resist with arms?
Did we not just go through this with #2.
Something like the “Geriatric’s in Robes”, cant mess with the Bill of Rights???
Yeah, have you ever heard of this thing called "Marriage"?
Shhhhh! Apparently they don’t know that. Don’t let on.
Wouldn’t it be simpler for the feds to withhold funding from states/cties/organizations/people that refuse to comply with some kind of new “common sense” gun safety laws???
“The Supreme Court doesn’t have the power to change the Constitution.”
Yes, but they can rule that any state or federal bans or regulations are constitutional.
A decision like that would demonstrate conclusively that the government is no longer legitimate. Then we will all have decisions to make.
The "gay" marriage decision was a shot across the bow-- if they can get away with that, they can get away with anything, including abolishing the 2nd Amendment.
Look for them to "amend" the First Amendment also to prohibit "hate speech."
Please, the d-bag RINOs in Congress can’t even impeach the IRS commissioner.
Gosh, I'd hate to see it, but there would be all kinds of problems, not all of them caused by arms. Or legs.
The Supreme Court should have a fun time trying to gather up 300 million firearms if they decide the 2nd Amendment is “unconstitutional”.
I guess they would send their clerks out door to door?
Cruz: We Should Be Able To Impeach Supreme Court Justices
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/07/01/cruz_senate_should_be_able_to_impeach_supreme_court_justices.html
The supremes are supposed to make sure “Regular Laws” conform to the constitution, not the other way around.
However they now feel like they can re-write the constitution against the will of the people.
I think the key to this is in the undefined series of words: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms.”
If I recall correctly, Heller left open the possibility of defining those words in a restrictive way.
If something is outside the definition of those words, “Shall not be infringed” won’t apply.
There are about 100 privately owned firearms for each government owned firearm.
Just sayin’.
They can’t repeal an amendment. If they try it they’ll have a full scale armed revolt. Are they that stupid?
Time will tell.
Actually, I was thing head butt.
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