To: Shooter 2.5; Lurker; Mulder; Noumenon; Joe Brower; Jeff Head
Why now? Because I believe in the God-given Bill of Rights, and not the "Rule of Five".
Five black robes can say that the moon is made of green cheese, or I have no right to own a gun, and it will not make either true.
But it will bring into the clear light of day who the traitors and domestic enemies of the constitution are.
If they want to settle the matter unde Rule 308, that will be for them to decide.
8 posted on
02/25/2003 9:47:19 PM PST by
Travis McGee
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To: Travis McGee
Five black robes can say that the moon is made of green cheese, or I have no right to own a gun, and it will not make either true. Should the Supreme Court rule against the 2nd amendment, their ruling will have no more legitimatacy than the "laws" requiring Rosa Parks to sit in the back of the bus.
There is no legal (under the Constitution) nor moral requirement to obey illegitimate court rulings.
Such a ruling would only make "official" what the unofficial policy from DC has been for decades: that we have no Rights, only privlidges granted by the state. And since the primary purpose of the federal government is to "secure our Rights" (per the Declaration of Independence), such a ruling would bring the legitimacy of the entire government into question. As such, other parts of the Declaration may be invoked by "We the People".
If they want to settle the matter unde Rule 308, that will be for them to decide.
There are more than a few Americans who are well-acquainted with this rule and not afraid to invoke it if their Rights come under assault.
12 posted on
02/26/2003 6:13:12 AM PST by
Mulder
To: Travis McGee; TigersEye; Mulder
No, we haven't waited long enough. We have a chance to put at least one more conservative on the bench. I realize that the next Justice to retire may be a conservative where we may have to wait for one more vacancy but we don't risk anything by waiting.
Waiting is the smart thing to do because all this cyber-talk of rule 308 is childish nonsense. If the gunowners weren't so lazy, we wouldn't have gun control. They would be actively working for Second Amendment candidates. There are too many gunowners who think they did their duty by voting one every couple of years. Where were they when the candidates were being picked to run?
It also doesn't take Civil War II to see which politicians and judges are against the Bill of Rights. Work to get them out of office.
13 posted on
02/26/2003 6:35:28 AM PST by
Shooter 2.5
(Don't punch holes in the lifeboat)
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