I. Text of the Second Amendment and Related Contemporaneous Provisions
Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
English Bill of Rights: That the subjects which are protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law (1689). 1
Connecticut: Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state (1818). 2
Kentucky: [T]he right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned (1792). 3
Massachusetts: The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence (1780). 4
North Carolina: [T]he people have a right to bear arms, for the defence of the State; and, as standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power (1776). 5
Pennsylvania: That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state; and as standing armies in the time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; And that the military should be kept under strict subordination, to, and governed by, the civil power (1776). 6
The right of the citizens to bear arms in defence of themselves and the State shall not be questioned (1790). 7
Rhode Island: The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed (1842). 8
Tennessee: [T]he freemen of this State have a right to keep and bear arms for their common defence (1796). 9
Vermont: [T]he people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State -- and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power (1777). 10
Virginia: That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. 11
""Things that are brilliant are so simple, there's a genius to them," he said Wednesday. "It's important to see what our forefathers wished for us and what they wished to never be destroyed.""
There is nothing simple about the Constitution. The simpletons on stage probably can read it, as they read a script but have no idea what it means.
Having actors read the Constitution is like teaching a horse to count with its hoof, but it has no concept of numbers or space and time.
I hope they read slowly and carefully. It would be a shame if they missed the part about the "right to privacy" and how it includes abortion. It's right there, in the emanations from the penumbras of one of the amendments. Anyway, in Roe v. Wade, Blackmun said that he FELT it was there in one of the amendments.
In other news, illiteracy rates in America remain at shocking levels despite our politically correct public education system.
If only a "healer" had been president when Hitler came to power... Millions would have lived...
Sheltered fools.
"I think they have a greater sensibility in their humanity toward healing the world," the actor said. "We need healers that are leaders. The hatred on this planet is way out of control."
"...after Mr. Patinkin finished saying the above sentence, he took another long hit off a bong the size of a bassoon."
One entry found for hypocrisy. Pronunciation: hi-'pä-kr&-sE also hI- Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural -sies Etymology: Middle English ypocrisie, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Greek hypokrisis act of playing a part on the stage, hypocrisy, from hypokrinesthai to answer, act on the stage, from hypo- + krinein to decide -- more at CERTAIN 1 : a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion 2 : an act or instance of hypocrisy |
"Mothers always put their children first," Falco says in the commercial.
Thaaaat's right. In those enclaves of Palestinian zealotry, mothers always are trying to put their children first in line to blow themselves to smithereens to kill Israeli mothers' children.
Betty Friedan is the foremost spokesperson for women's rights in the world. In 1963, the publication of her book, The Feminine Mystique. set off shock waves around the country and is now regarded as the catalytic work of the women's movement. She is also the author of The Second Stage and It Changed My Life. A founder of NOW, National Women's Political Caucus, and NARAL, she has traveled and lectured all over the world and has written for such diverse publications as McCall's, Harper's, The New York Times, The New Republic, and The New Yorker. In more recent years, she has been a Visiting Distinguished Professor at the University of Southern California, New York University, and George Mason University. Her new book, The Fountain of Age, is based on 10 years of research on changing sex roles and the aging process. Currently she is an Adjunct Scholar at the Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian, and Distinguished Professor of Social Evolution at Mount Vernon College.
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Which both parties interpret as: Congress can pass any damn thing it wishes as long as it is not expressly forbidden by the bill of right.
Even if they read it over and over, they won't find any reference to abortion. It's pretty hypocritical for leftwingers to harp on the Constitution when it doesn't say half of what they claim it says.
Referring to Bush, she added, "If he was my own personal representative, he would be fired."
Now that's a statement the Average Joe can relate to -- after all, he also has problems getting good help. Gimme a break.