Posted on 08/03/2010 3:00:19 PM PDT by NoGrayZone
It is for those who can read and comprehend, though on certain issues you have demonstrated a lacking of that ability....
Today is August 3, his birthday is not today, it is the 4th.
According to Obama, the great “constitutional law professor”, the constitution is unconstitutional.
Not true; read post #14.
If the Supreme Court were the only court with jurisdiction over any case in which any state is a party, then every criminal case in the country would have to be tried in the Supreme Court (since every non-federal criminal case is State of____ vs.___).
That is truly puzzling, since the Bill of Rights was not introduced for ratification until 1789...
“State and local law enforcement officials have the general power to investigate and arrest violators of federal immigration statutes without prior INS knowledge or approval, as long as they are authorized to do so by state law. There is no extant federal limitation on this authority."
What language do you consider the Constitution to be written in?
“The law isn’t written in plain English.”
It would be hard to defend the proposition that the U.S. Tax Code, as just one illustration, is written in plain English. But I was talking about 2 sentences in the Constitution. If they’re not written in plain English I would appreciate your explanation of why you believe this.
“Today is August 3, his birthday is not today, it is the 4th.”
Oh I must have been looking at the photoshopped COLB from the Daily Kos.
My bad.
When I saw the name I was thinking it was the Andy Martin (I thought that was his name) who was pushing the conspiracy that Obama’s dad was really Frank Marshall Davis.
...but they’re not even the same names.
“I though so too when I first became aware of this, but this is the part that makes the difference:
with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.”
I don’t think you read my original post very carefully. The quote above is at the end of the SECOND sentence of Clause 2, and refers to the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction. The FIRST sentence deals with its original jurisdiction, and you would have hugely contort the apparent plain meaning of the clause at the end of the second sentence in order to claim it applies to the first sentence. Yes, Congress can make exceptions/regulations to the USSC’s appellate jurisdiction, but NOT it’s original jurisdiction.
“Below is the key provision that gives the Supreme Court original but not exclusive jurisdiction to hear actions between the United States and States. Note that the Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear actions between States but not between the United States and States. § 1251.”
What you’ve cited above is the U.S. Code (i.e. statutes), not the Constitution. Again, I’m not a lawyer and don’t know the legislative history of the provision you cite. All I can say is that from my perspective, I’m surprised no one has raised a constitutional challenge to it. I realize that it may have been on the books long enough to be viewed as “settled law.” On the other hand, if no one has raised a constitutional objection to it, then perhaps it would be viewed as a matter on which the USSC can rule.
Thank You
This is used when two states are in conflict with one another. States are
party to lawsuits all the time - Miranda v. Arizona comes to mind.
There are lots of other cases US V Alaska, US v. Louisiana, US v. Maine,
US v. California that deal with states rights issues that don’t begin with
the Supreme court as the court of original jurisdiction.
This seems to be from Canada - I don’t think whoever wrote it really has a
clue about US law.
“WHY?? BECAUSE OBAMA MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE TO SHOW HIS PAPERS, IF HE EVER GOES TO ARIZONA???”
BTT
“According to Obama, the great “constitutional law professor”, the constitution is unconstitutional.”
Except that he wasn’t a Constitutional law professor just an adjunct lecturer.
No, that conclusion overlooks the limited grant of subject matter jurisdiction in the constitution.
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