Posted on 06/27/2015 12:00:33 PM PDT by Libloather
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Now here is the kicker, as the writer articulately brings to light: By using the Constitution in such a manner, the Court argues that the Due Process Clause extends certain personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy accepted in a majority of states across the state lines of a handful of states that still banned the practice. The vast majority of states are shall issue on the matter of issuing concealed carry permits, and enjoy reciprocity with a large number of other states. My North Carolina concealed carry permit, for example, was recognized yesterday as being valid in 36 states, which just so happened to be the number of states in which gay marriage was legal yesterday. But 14 states did not recognize my concealed carry permit yesterday. Today they must.
Using the same due process clause argument as the Supreme Court just applied to gay marriage, my concealed carry permit must now be recognized as valid in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
(Excerpt) Read more at allenbwest.com ...
What about getting it right in the end?
You expect consistency? That's naive. If Kennedy wants to rule against gun rights, he'll invent a reason, string together some words. The Constitution is lower than toilet paper now, lower than bird cage liner.
bkmk
The Constitution isn’t low, it’s the people that treat as though it is that are low.
“It ought to be tried, at least.”
In a dictatorship there is no law, only the convenience of the dictator(s).
IMHO
You mean other than consistently wrong.
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