[Eastbound]

"You already know that the Bill Of Rights granted no new powers to the federal government but further restriced the use what powers it had. No doubt you'll recall that Madison again tried to give the federal government that power to protect some rights from the states in the Bill of Rights, but again it was rejected by congress.

I suppose that is why we have a SCOTUS. It would be nice if it was consistent though. Rejected the gun cases and accepted Roe and possibly others.

My interest is just the gun issue. Upon the outcome of that, rests the value of the Constitution itself.

[mrsmith]

Yeah power is the root of all societies, an unarmed citizenry is as rootless as the dust.

I must say that these constant attempts by Freepers for a federal protection of rights- much though it irritates me LOL!- is just what Madison did. It's a shame it wasn't accomplished until the 14th Amendment, but it just wasn't possible until the federal government had proved itself to the people and enough states were willing to combine to destroy slavery.

To a great extent the 14th Amendment brought Madison's original constitutional scheme to completion by giving the feds a power to protect people from their states.