To: robertpaulsen
Actually our old friend the 14th amendment states that no state shall deny any citizen of the US any rights or privileges enjoyed by any other citizen. This is largely ignored however. If DC cant ban guns how can any state. The laws must be uniform from state to state as required by the constitution amdt 14.If SCOTUS upholds this decision, I hope some one brings a suit based on the 14th
barbra ann
25 posted on
03/20/2007 5:06:27 PM PDT by
barb-tex
(Why replace the IRS with anything?)
To: barb-tex
"If DC cant ban guns how can any state."
The District is not a state.
Some Judges decided to get cute, but the language will be nuanced as ever, as it suits the leftist zanies.
Nothing will change.
43 posted on
03/20/2007 5:45:46 PM PDT by
Radix
(Time served in the Congress should be reason enough to disallow a person from the Presidency)
To: barb-tex
"Actually our old friend the 14th amendment states that no state shall deny any citizen of the US any rights or privileges enjoyed by any other citizen" Well, you're smashing two things together.
Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution says that "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. Not "rights".
The 14th amendment created a small "c" -- "citizen of the United States" -- and extended to those citizens certain privileges and immunities that came with national citizenship. Not "rights".
The 14th then said that "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
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