Dude - do you understand what the term statutory means in statutory rape? it's when a man (possibly a boy of 15 or 16) has consensual sex with an underage girl (could also be 15 or 16, but the boy gets charged). Also understand that because some judges deemed something can be a federal crime doesn't always make it a constitutional decision. States have the right to determine things but the Feds have usurped a lot of the power given the States - look what they did with"hate crimes". No State is going to get away with allowing human trafficking and other sorts of atrocities - its own citizens would rise up - the 'protections" the Feds provide would be provided anyway in the areas that really matter because the States would handle it.
The dude has a pet peeve where he doesn't think the constitution really matters - he's obviously a "Obama Constitutional Scholar" where he thinks it means what he would like it to mean.
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nOW YOU’RE MISREPRESENTING WHAT i’VE SAID- NOWHERE HAVE I STATED THE CONSTITUTION DOESN’T MATTER- Nowhere did i state that the constitution ‘means whatever i think it means’ that’s a disingenuous argument on your part! perhaps you could point us to where in the constitution is states that a government may not, for the greater good of the country, impose rules that protect it’s citizens?
Do you believe states should be able to allow pharmacies to pump out untested medications and put them on the market for consumption? Allowing states to decide that runs the risk of some states not enacting laws to protect it’s citizens against harm- and it is no different than some states thinking it’s just peachy to allow known convicted sex offenders to use women and female children’s bathrooms- those states FAIL to protect those women and children- you can keep stating that I’m all for big government all you like- but you have not addressed this fact/problem once-
Do you feel it’s ok for states to allow known sex felons to use women’s bathrooms? The government regulates a great deal of things- and you can poo poo it all you like, and deride those who think it’s a good idea to have laws that ensure that extreme liberal states aren’t allowed to make policy concerning issues that affect all people- when lives are at stake- but the fact is that countless lives have been saved as a result of federal laws designed to protect the country’s civilians- it would be unwise to allow a nutcase liberal to do away with laws concerning pharmaceutical safety, and it IS unwise to allow sick perverted governors to allow known sex felons the ‘right’ to use the same bathrooms as our wives, daughters, mothers, grandmothers- I’m sure you wouldn’t like it much if a state mandated that you open your home’s bathrooms up to known sex felons to use whenever they wished- and you would be absolutely justified in objecting to it- because you would be worried about the safety of your family members-
This bathroom issue is NOT a simple social issue where noone gets hurt- lives are changed forever when a woman or child is sexually assaulted- yet some states don’t give a damn- and that’s unacceptable
it is every bit as unacceptable as a state ignoring federal pharmaceutical laws and endangering it’s citizens by not requiring safety testing of new drugs- or states ignoring OSHA laws and not requiring any safety measures by companies- We certainly would not stand for either of those situations, nor should we stand for the FACT that women and children are going to be made more vulnerable to attack by allowing any pervert this side of hell to use women’s bathrooms unimpeded by law- it is a no brainer- Again- you wouldn’t allow them to use your home;s bathrooms anytime they felt like it while your wife mother, sister, daughter was using it- But suppose you had no choice? suppose your state mandated it? Well guess what? Many states ARE mandating it for public restrooms!