Posted on 06/28/2012 6:27:35 PM PDT by jimbo123
No, the federales weren't given the key to arbitrary power ~ the three major changes were codified in the Constitution ~ and even in the age of the utterly totalitarian Progressive movement (1895 to 1928) they bothered to continue with constitutional changes.
Subsequently "They" gave up bothering to change the constituion when it involves important matters and instead diverted us with procedural matters ~ (how to replace a sick president for example, or voting age, poll tax, etc.).
Speaking of poll taxes, now that we have the Roberts court telling us the individual mandate is just a tax, ask yourself what kind of tax it really is?
Is it an income tax, an excise tax, an import tax, a turnover tax, a poll tax.....?
Poll Tax!
Yes, of course it's a poll tax, the nonpayment of which can and will result in your loss of your right to vote in federal elections!
Somebody should check Robert's prescription!
As you recall instead of Meyers we got Alioto. We could have gotten them both if we’d had Meyers first ~ they’d had Ruthy Ginsburg out of there ~ then we could have had Alioto replace her.
That argument I'll save for another thread, particularly since you not only totally ignored the sourced assertion of legal precedent, but also failed to provide anything more substantial in your rebuttal than 'you're wrong'.
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Yes, of course it's a poll tax, the nonpayment of which can and will result in your loss of your right to vote in federal elections!
Unless you can site such a section of the legislation, that is an unsubstantiated argument.
The loss of the ability to vote results from civil criminal charges, not administrative penalties.
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Somebody should check Robert's prescription!
Why? His finding is perfectly in accordance with the fact that creations of the federal government must adhere to federal policies. That IS what the 14th Amendment did, it created a 'new' type of citizen....one created by the federal government. Before then, the ONLY place you would find a 'citizen of the United States' was in the federal District. Everyone in the States were State Citizens, with all their rights intact.
§ 1218. The inhabitants enjoy all their civil, religious, and political rights. They live substantially under the same laws, as at the time of the cession, such changes only having been made, as have been devised, and sought by themselves. They are not indeed citizens of any state, entitled to the privileges of such; but they are citizens of the United States. They have no immediate representatives in congress.
Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution
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You emote much, but rationalize nothing.
He takes antiseizure medication. Read up on that and get back to me at a later date.
BTW, those supposed DC ‘federal citizens’ were voting in Maryland elections.
I think that Obama’s and his minions threats backfired.
We're at war with liberals because no utopian system has ever worked - and most degrade into different level of horror...
Amen to every word you wrote Candor7.
I expect Bush knew about the illegal adoptions and pushed for Roberts anyway. And of course the democrats went along knowing that they’d play the illegal adoption card when the time was right.
Roberts belongs to Obama and democrats until he is no longer useful to them. His true character was revealed back when he did the illegal adoption. We shouldn’t be surprised that he would succumb to the threats.
What I’ve learned in my travels is that “official” papers from Latin American countries can be had at a price. I’m not saying that’s what happened here, but if someone was looking for a chink in the armor, that would be a good place to start.
Hm. Interesting and maybe correct.
So, what do we do when our supreme justice is clearly compromised by some sort of threat or blackmail? He voted twice in one week with the leftists. It looks like he's theirs to do their bidding moving forward.
Could this also have something to do with his decision on Arizona?
Judicial Coup?
He needs to go. You have to admit his recent rulings have been very inconsistent with what one who values the Constitution would expect.
I think Roberts was turned before the inauguration.
Swore Zero in, TWICE, when I didn’t think he’d do it once.
Punted EVERY eligibility case brought before him. (Even after being told to his face in the presence of witnesses that his clerks were interfering).
Now this.
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