[tpaine]

No one is turning the 9th on its head. Our judiciary can be controlled by Constitutional means, -- but the political Rinocrat coalition prevents that from happening.

Where does the Ninth Amendment state that Article 3 courts are the sole and final decision maker on rights and liberty issues?

The body of the Constitution makes clear the powers of the Judiciary in Art. III; " -- with such exceptions -- as Congress shall make." Read much?

Liberty issues are the province of the people and the cities and states they occupy.

Yep, as long as they honor the supremacy of our Constitution/BOR's.

Some Rino 'conservatives' on this forum WANT State to have prohibition powers over firearms, for instance. - Do you?

My reading of the second amendment implies no such thing. Where did you get such an idea?

Ask some of those [pinged above], who were fighting for "states rights" on this thread:

Rewrite the Second Amendment?
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[Congressman Billybob]

You have your twisted idea of what "states rights" means. And you impute your twisted idea to me and others. You are, as usual, dead wrong.

Congressman Billybob

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