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Sotomayor to Senators: 2nd Amendment does not apply to states
DC Examiner ^
| 6/11/09
| Bill Dupray
Posted on 06/11/2009 1:53:18 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: anniegetyourgun
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When the lefties are replacing a lefty on the Supreme Court with another lefty, the balance is preserved and the downside to the country is somewhat minimized. Sometimes you need to pick your battles. If Obama were filling Scalia's seat for example, this would be a Battle Royale <<
Right. That's why the Republicans went for a "battle royale" when Bill Clinton decided to change the "delicate balance of the court" by replacing the center-right Byron White with rabid leftist ACLU lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Oh wait...
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posted on
06/11/2009 2:40:09 PM PDT
by
BillyBoy
(Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
To: anniegetyourgun
And she had no idea that abortion stops a beating heart.
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posted on
06/11/2009 2:40:39 PM PDT
by
Carley
(OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
To: NativeNewYorker
Its noteworthy that our legal ruling class seems not to believe in the law.
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posted on
06/11/2009 2:43:17 PM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: anniegetyourgun
Does her interpretation extend to the rest of the Bill of Rights? If not, why not?
Regards,
GtG
PS SS, you don't get to pick and chose your rights. It's a package deal.
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posted on
06/11/2009 2:43:28 PM PDT
by
Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
To: anniegetyourgun
Sotomayor is not qualified. Apparently she’s either never heard of the Supremacy Clause or chooses to ignore it.
Article VI, Clause 2:
“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.”
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posted on
06/11/2009 2:46:12 PM PDT
by
PBinTX
To: anniegetyourgun
Okay, the gloves are off. Yep!
Wasn't something comparable to this tried during the Heinous' husbands term?
If I recall, it didn't work out so well for them, however these lifetime appointments IMO are the most crucial because of the term of office given.
Molon labe
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posted on
06/11/2009 2:50:12 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: a fool in paradise
Then neither does the first amendment.Yeah, another "fart in church".
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posted on
06/11/2009 2:51:28 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: pleikumud
Thanks pleikumud, good info and helpful background, and very much agree with your conclusion!
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posted on
06/11/2009 2:54:20 PM PDT
by
vox_freedom
(America is being tested as never before in its history. God help us.)
To: PBinTX
The War Between The States (U.S. Civil War) was over states rights as opposed to federally mandated Constitutional rights. You know, that “all men are created equal’ stuff...
Owning another human being was a violation of the U.S. Constitution right from the ‘get go’. I’ve always been amazed that slavery, as economic necessity and as an institution in the South, lasted as long as it did.
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posted on
06/11/2009 2:56:45 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
To: anniegetyourgun
Oh great, another moronic advocate for flushing the Constitution down the toilet....
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posted on
06/11/2009 2:58:00 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: Vigilanteman
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posted on
06/11/2009 3:02:25 PM PDT
by
kpp_kpp
To: All
To make such a change stick, Sotomayor, if confirmed, would first have to wait for the court to hear a case that challenges the “Incorporation Doctrine” by which the Supreme Court extended the limitations set upon the federal government to the state government.
Until the “Incorporation Doctrine” ruling and subsequent rulings based upon it were made, states enjoyed the freedom to dictate prayer in public schools, indeed, declare a state religion, plus place limitations in behavior the federal government could not.
I doubt there's even the slightest chance of the court hearing a case that would overturn the “Indoctrination Doctrine”, be it a Democrat or Republican court.
To: lormand
Yes, I already regret sending my little $25 to Cornyn.
To: Ahithophel
Does the GOP/and some southern/western democrats have a spine to vote her down?
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posted on
06/11/2009 3:55:22 PM PDT
by
personalaccts
(Is George W going to protect the border?)
To: anniegetyourgun; 1Old Pro; aardvark1; a_federalist; abner; alaskanfan; alloysteel; alfons; ...
Time to become activists; write your Senator!
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posted on
06/11/2009 4:03:40 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: kromike
"
Molon labe, Judge Latina." That's Judge Sodom Mywhore to you!
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posted on
06/11/2009 4:06:22 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: anniegetyourgun
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posted on
06/11/2009 4:11:51 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("I don't call 911" -- Chuck Norris.)
To: anniegetyourgun
So this means that states can also choose to outlaw abortion.
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posted on
06/11/2009 4:13:21 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: editor-surveyor
Already called my good senator. He is in agreement.
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posted on
06/11/2009 4:16:37 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Nemo me impune lacessit (Two terms for politicians, one in office, one in jail.))
To: anniegetyourgun
The amendments stand or fall together. They all apply or they don’t.
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posted on
06/11/2009 4:17:45 PM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(No prisoners. No mercy. 2010 awaits.....)
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