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| Christopher Hansen
Posted on 07/30/2003 7:34:51 AM PDT by djf
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posted on
07/30/2003 7:34:51 AM PDT
by
djf
To: djf
It's about time somebody reined in these looney Leftist judges. Far too many are clearly incompetents who have risen far above their level of intelligence and are clearly just on power trips.
To: holyscroller
"*** It's about time somebody reined in these looney Leftist judges. Far too many are clearly incompetents who have risen far above their level of intelligence and are clearly just on power trips.***"
Yep. Thik "Affirmative Action" and "Voter Fraud" if ya want to know where the 9th circuit came from!
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posted on
07/30/2003 7:44:47 AM PDT
by
Roughneck
(Starve the Beast!)
To: holyscroller
I disagree with this tactic, as it can be used to abuse as well. There is a program within the DOJ to grant waivers to convicted felons to allow them to legally carry guns. It was neutered by not being funded.
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posted on
07/30/2003 7:45:33 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Free Sabertooth!)
To: djf
Good !
To: djf
307-119 and 260-161. THAT shows just how far off into the Twilight Zone of Liberalism the courts have wandered.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:03:29 AM PDT
by
pabianice
To: djf
well alright, some good news for a change
To: Texas_Jarhead
Don't hold your breath waiting for the Senate to pass this.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:16:01 AM PDT
by
Blessed
To: dirtboy
Huh, you want convicted felons to be allowed to carry guns?
To: djf
Courts have checks & balances, too.
Probably the only way the increasingly conservative majority can get around the entrenched 'progressive' element in the judiciary.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:22:30 AM PDT
by
skeeter
(Fac ut vivas)
To: justshutupandtakeit
Huh, you want convicted felons to be allowed to carry guns?There was an appeal process set up for special cases, such as a guy who was convicted of the equivalent of a felony in Mexico for accidentally taking a small amount of ammo into that country. But he cannot appeal or get an exemption because the review office is not funded.
I'll keep my Constitutional reservations separate about a federal sanction on 2nd A rights upon a STATE felony conviction.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:53:05 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Free Sabertooth!)
To: djf
YEAH - SPOTREP
To: djf
This is fantastic news!
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:01:18 AM PDT
by
mathluv
To: djf
Great news. About time.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:02:37 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Tribune7
bump
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:06:44 AM PDT
by
CFW
To: justshutupandtakeit
Huh, you want convicted felons to be allowed to carry guns? You know, I don't really have a problem with this providing the felon has finished his sentence i.e. is not on probation or parole.
Note, that serious crimes result -- or should result -- in decades long sentences. OTOH, a kid nabbed for stealing a car at 18 is a convicted felon even if he owns a string of businesses and is a deacon in his church at age 35.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:07:03 AM PDT
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Tribune7
To: dirtboy
While not being in favor of excessive punishment for stupidity, I don't have a lot of sympathy for someone caught with ammunition trying to enter another country. How lame is that?
Nor do I care much for those who are caught getting on planes with firearms who excuse it by saying "I forgot."
To: justshutupandtakeit
While not being in favor of excessive punishment for stupidity, I don't have a lot of sympathy for someone caught with ammunition trying to enter another country. How lame is that? He served his punishment in Mexico - however, what he was doing, carrying ammo, is not a crime in this country. In all other regards, he is a model citizen. That is why such a review board was set up in the first place.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:21:33 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Free Sabertooth!)
To: djf
As Rep. Hostettler noted, Federalist No. 78 makes it clear the Founders intended the courts, possessing neither the power of the purse nor the sword, to be the weakest branch of government.A Congressman quoting from the Federalist? I may have to have my blood checked for hallucinogens.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:25:15 AM PDT
by
inquest
(We are NOT the world)
To: dirtboy
and...there is a problem with that?
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