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REDO THE FIRST TWO AMENDMENTS
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| 16 DECEMBER 2021
| MARY ANNE FRANKS
Posted on 12/16/2021 4:12:50 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
The preamble is NOT part of the Constitution. And of course, “General Welfare” and “Domestic Tranquility” mean different things to different people.
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:15:04 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Mary Anne is Exhibit 1 in favor of repealing the 19th Amendment.
L
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:15:23 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Dear author, we can’t fix your stupid
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:16:32 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
( The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
These two amendments are highly susceptible to being read in isolation from the Constitution as a whole and from its commitments to equality and the collective good. What the Sam Hill is she talking about?
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:17:03 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I would change the first to stop protecting the media as they are using that protection to destroy the country with impunity. Media outlets that lie need to be SUED out of business.
The Second Amendment, of course, is fine. But I do support liberals when they call for revisiting it, simply because it’s rare for them to even admit it exists and gives rights to people.
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:17:19 PM PST
by
BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
IF one reads the FFs and their positions on these issues the amendments are clear. It’s that simple.
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:18:24 PM PST
by
ealgeone
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Lawyer-speak explaining how easily plain words and intent can be twisted by underhanded double-talk.
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:18:42 PM PST
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: Lurker
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:19:19 PM PST
by
ConservaTexan
(February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Pretty sure the Bill of Rights was divinely inspired and any rewrite would be authored by the opposing team.
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:19:19 PM PST
by
G Larry
(The "Racism" charge is code for "No Intelligent Argument")
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Mary Anne Franks is the Michael R. Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair at the University of Miami School of Law
*****
Doesn't take much to be a "distinguished scholar" these days does it?
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:20:06 PM PST
by
ealgeone
To: G Larry
Pretty much want the Left would love to do.
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:20:30 PM PST
by
ealgeone
To: Lurker
How a bout a repeal of the 16th. The US got along fine till 1913 without an income tax.
The Congress has truly proven that “The power to tax is the power to destroy.”
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:21:26 PM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Still OUT of Facebook Jail! But I'm pushing it!)
To: ealgeone
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:21:36 PM PST
by
Luke21
To: BobL
My opinion is that the second amendment is there to protect the first from abuse.
I'm sure there are differing opinions about what constitutes abuse...so be it.
Let's have it out with these people.
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:21:47 PM PST
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Throw in the 17th while we are at it.
L
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:22:32 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: BobL
The First does that.
Every citizen has the same rights as “the Press”
Black robed judges are the ones who gave them special protections
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:22:58 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
The Second Amendment’s idiosyncratic and anachronistic focus on militias and “arms” degrades the concept of self-defense. The right to safeguard one’s life should not be conflated with or reduced to the right to use a weapon, especially a weapon that is so much more likely to inflict injury and death than to avoid it.
Far better would be an amendment that guarantees a meaningful right to bodily autonomy and obligates the government to implement reasonable measures to protect public health and safety:*****
And there it is folks....a call to turn your protection over to the gubmint.
Pretty much the same thing the tallyban said when they took over this summer.
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:23:10 PM PST
by
ealgeone
To: BenLurkin
She doesn’t like:
A) That you get to say what you want to say.
and
B) You get to defend your life against people who objected to what you said in A) above.
To: Dr. Sivana
I can see “Domestic Tranquility” being interpreted as anyone who does not parrot the Party line is shot or sent to a re-education camp. We are now too “sensitive” and progressive to allow freedom of speech.
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posted on
12/16/2021 4:23:34 PM PST
by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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