Posted on 10/07/2015 6:26:33 AM PDT by PROCON
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, its political suicide.
But if the Supreme Courts decision in Obergefell v. Hodges teaches us anything, its 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 doesnt actually mean the right of the people and therefore doesnt 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 its received, conventional wisdom that the Constitution actually protects rights to abortion and gay marriage.
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You think 1865 was a bloody year for America?
There aren’t enough Secret Service employees to defend a decision like that.
Ping.
Isn’t National Review a libtard publication? Or do I have them mixed up with somebody else?
Not nearly as bloody as 1862, 63, and 64.
You may be thinking of “The Nation”.
Based on Drudge’s comments about a looming SCOTUS ruling on fair use, so isn’t the First Amendment.
Or is this just National Review trying to be relevant?
The Supreme Court cannot repeal an inalienable Constitutional right.
The moonbats on the court might think they can, but they can’t.
I suspect the repeal of that decision is one firing squad away also.
You’re right. This article discusses ways and restrictions liberal laws could put in place to nullify the 2nd through restrictions on ammunition sales, etc. Basically making America a gun-free zone.
Liberals understand incremental politics. They boil the frog slowly, they would do it case by case over time as they have other issues. They would chip away at it, they know it they cant do it in one sudden repeal, but they know they can do it over time.
Rock n’ hard place time for constitutionalists. Assassination of “those giving the orders” to overturn our founding document will be preemptive self-defense. But most of us do not savor the feeling of evil that comes over us when we are forced to kill.
Scalia and Kennedy are both turning 80 next month. Thomas will be in his 70s during the next Presidential term. If Hillary gets to replace any one of them then a far left wing oligarchy of Supreme Court Justices will be dictating every aspect of our lives for the next 30 years.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Hillary: Hey, Ill Totally Bypass Congress On Gun Control If Necessary
I know we use Townhall a lot, but how reliable are they?
And it will be Revolutionary War 2 all over again.
Such a decision might be called the Supreme Court Vacancies Act or, if the people would rather watch Dancing With The Stars, the Obama Enabling Act. Which will it be?
They claim its impossible to deport 11 million illegals yet they think they can scoop up 325 million firearms.
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