Posted on 08/01/2015 9:48:01 AM PDT by PROCON
The next U.S. president could appoint perhaps three or even four Supreme Court justices to a bench where the Heller and McDonald decisions currently survive by one vote. The importance of who makes those appointments should not be lost on those who value the right to keep and bear arms.
Commie libs would love to see the entire Bill of Rights “go”. It’s a commie pig thing. You can’t destroy freedom and enslave the entire population with that pesky Bill of Rights out there hanging over the heads of the communist masters.
They can’t do it by following the procedures available to change the Constitution.
Would have to have a military take over/coup to make that drastic of a change. I don’t think the military would go for that either, but who knows?
>>You cant destroy freedom and enslave the entire population with that pesky Bill of Rights out there hanging over the heads of the communist masters.
Actually they can. The Bill of Rights is only as good as the willingness of the people to kill (not complain to, vote against, or sue) would-be tyrants who try to take it away. It’s easy for the people to decide to do that when the tyrant tries to take it all at once, but when the tyrant does it by chipping away a little a time and turning small portions of each right into a “privilege” that must be licensed, then the decision point becomes harder to calculate.
If they really wanted to save lives they would outlaw abortion.
The unborn are insignificant to them.
Of course, the gratuitous attack on our most basic freedoms, is contemptible, regardless of the IQ or personal accomplishments of the attacker--whether that attacker is an Academic loud mouth or the person who empties the coin boxes at the laundromat.
Secondly, the negro community organizer from Chicago has demonstrated that he can ignore the laws and the constitution with impunity. This is a valuable lesson for future President's-assuming he leaves office in 2017.
You are witnessing your country being "transformed" (meaning taken) right before your very eyes and are doing NOTHING!
“The importance of who makes those appointments should not be lost on those who value the right to keep and bear arms.”
Unfortunately, past performance is no guarantee of future actions. I seem to remember a guy by the name of Earl Warren and a guy named William Brennan; both appointed by Eisenhower.
He (Eisenhower) would later describe them as his two biggest mistakes.
We have more recent mistakes, of course, but those two were doozies.
Yep, and they are more than willing to do a Stalin style purge to achieve control.
Yep. And there are two ways to make them "go". One is to outright repeal the Bill of Rights. That's not going to happen anytime soon.
Here's the second way. Have the courts interpret these amendments to have them refer to the rights of the government, and not to individuals. That's where the danger is.
Exactly. That’s the problem with having a “dumbed down” America like we now have. The idiots go to the government to ask them to “interpret” the Bill of Rights for them and tell them what they mean. The Bill of Rights is a contract between the government and the people. It’s the peoples’ job to tell the government what the Bill of Rights mean. If the government continues to violate the Bill of Rights, it’s our job to make the government comply with the Bill of Rights. If it fails to do so, it’s our job to replace that government.
Well then, what do you propose I do?
Organize to fight, find a leader who is effective.
The only thing that getting rid of the 2nd amendment would do is ensure an immediate 2nd revolution which frankly isn’t the worst thing that could happen. IMO.
The constitution and bill of rights is just about the only thing preventing 0bama’s fundamental transformation. So of course the progs would like to get rid of it.
Aw, they don’t know that it is NOT the Second Amendment from which that right springs.
Hmmmmm ..?? What is Obama holding over the Professor’s head to get him to PUSH this gun issue ..??
Or is part of it the Professor’s compliments regarding his one-time student, Ted Cruz.
The Supreme Court in the most recent Obamacare decision explicitly said “We don’t care what the law says; we’ll rule it says what we want it to say”.
Small people fit in small holes. Less digging.
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