Breyer: Madison wrote 2nd Amendment to appease the states

hotair ^ | 13 December, 2010 | Ed Morrissey

[marktwain]

So Justice Breyer's argument is that if the states force a Constitutional amendment on the federal government, that the author lies about, then the amendment doesn't have the force of law?

Breyer isn't stupid. Perhaps he is simply intellectually dishonest or moraly bankrupt.

[Red in Blue PA]

Justice Breyer: If you are not willing to uphold the entire Constitution, STEP DOWN!

[marktwain]

Hmmm... I guess Breyer would argue that the Magna Carta should have no effect because it was forced on King John.

[doodad]

the states wouldn’t sign the Constitution for fear of creating an overmighty central government

So it isn't about hunting or militias? Just like we all know; thanks for making the case for us Breyer even if you go about it ass backwards.

[IncPen]

ping

[republicangel]

Excellent point. I watched that interview the other day and I must say it was quite frightening.

[wastoute]

Thank you. I heard Breyer make this ridciulous assertion in the interview with Chris Wallace. I am astounded that the idiot media in this country lets him get away with these claims but they are coomplicit in the treason Madison describes. That Breyer could even make such claims when what you have posted is available indicates just how far down the path we are.

[LibLieSlayer]

breyer is a lying, pos, red diaper doper baby, anti-American, communist demon from hell. He will burn in hell for the sins he has committed in the name of JUSTICE... The DARK ANGEL will visit him one day... for he has shown himself to unrepentant and irredeemable.

LLS

[Melchior]

In that interview with Wallace he was asked a number of questions he dodged. Breyer missed his calling: He is a politician in judges robes.

[LibLieSlayer]

I like that... and had it in the back of my mind when I read your post... WELL DONE... OUTSTANDING!

LLS

[jrl1]

“Breyer isn’t stupid. Perhaps he is simply intellectually dishonest or moraly bankrupt. “...

Think so, maybe he is JUST a liberal...

[pieceofthepuzzle]

” I watched that interview the other day and I must say it was quite frightening.”

Yes, and the comment that ‘historians are on our side’ is ridiculous. Liberal university trained ‘historians’ have been revising history to fit their ideology and agenda for quite some time now. I could care less about how these ‘historians’ interpret history. I only care about confirmable historical facts, and reading something in a textbook written by a liberal does not in any way constitute a ‘confirmed’ historical fact.

[rgboomers]

Laws are written so as to make it not necessary to figure out was going on in the law maker’s mind. It is generally considered to be impossible to read someone’s mind. The written law is much more precise. That a Supreme Court Justice would claim it is possible and desirable to read a dead man’s mind would indicate that Justice either has pre-dementia or is a scoundrel.

[LibLieSlayer]

If they ever let Darth Vader ginsberg do an honest interview like this... she would make this rancid excrement named breyer look tame.

LLS

[originalbuckeye]

So now our elite Leftists on the SCOTUS are channeling our Founding Fathers and telling us what they really thought? I guess it’s not surprising that Hillary! was conversing with Eleanor Roosevelt. Leftists have sooooo many talents!

[originalbuckeye]

PS-Justice Breyer is both.

[Hardraade]

Is it possible to impeach a treasonous supreme?

[originalbuckeye]

My son was 14 on 9/11/01. I told him to remember things as they happened........that the history books will be written by those with an agenda. I know he's been paying close attention since then.

[Wolfie]

...James Madison only included the right to bear arms reluctantly, and only because the states wouldn’t sign the Constitution for fear of creating an overmighty central government.

Epic Fail, States. Epic Fail.

[Twinkie]

“fear of creating an overmighty central government”

Their fears were well-founded. Over analyzing the Constitution by less wiser heads than wrote it can result in dismantling and chaos. The words, “We’ve given you a Constitution, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT,” were wise words, indeed.