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To: justshutupandtakeit
"Surpreme law of the land" and "Shall not be infringed" are also very specific. They don't say "shall not be infringed by Congress", or "shall not be infringed by the States"...

It says "shall not be infringed"... end of story. Full stop. If Marshall disagreed, then he should have worked within the system to repeal the Amendment instead of using "legislating from the bench" to nullify it.

You keep calling him our "greatest" jurist. Not so great if he can't read plain English IMO...

181 posted on 05/24/2006 6:41:11 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.)
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To: Dead Corpse

As I said there is dispute as to whether the qualification of the First amendment was intended to apply to the others.
BTAIM the Law of the Land only applies to those laws enacted under the Constitution by the federal government.

In NO way does it claim that ALL laws in Virginia were to be the same as those in New Jersey.

I will take Marshall's interpretation of the Constitution over yours every day. Not only was he it greatest interpreter but knew it backward and forward having played an important role in getting it adopted as a delegate to the Virginia ratification convention.

Good luck on trying to convince rational people that "shall not infringe" means criminals cannot be disarmed or that guns cannot be fired haphazardly anytime a shooter wishes or that children must be allowed to bring guns into high schools.


184 posted on 05/24/2006 7:11:09 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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