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To: seanc623
if we had Libertarians on the Supreme Court they would not have been in the crosshairs like this in the first place.

The same could be said for conservative Republicans. Actually it was the Boy Scouts who brought the case to the Supreme Court. Originally the New Jersey courts ruled they had to accept gay scoutmasters. It was that court that put them in the crosshairs. They then appealed to the federal courts and they lost in those too until the Supreme Court.

The conservatives on the SC have been doing lots of good things like paring back the excesses of alot of laws like the Americans With Disabilities Act, which has had alot of bizarre consequences. I guess libertarians would rule the whole thing is unconstitutional but there's not likely to be a libertarian president in the foreseeable future. The Bush Justice Dept. has just advanced the argument in a major gun control decision that will come in July that the Second Amendment does not apply only to state militias but to individuals. It's the first time any administration has made that argument in a gun control case. I'll be interested in seeing how that comes out.

432 posted on 05/20/2002 3:45:09 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: lasereye
I do respect the difference between conservative Republicans and the RINOs that so often sabotage the formers' efforts. One of the reasons I left the GOP is that I finally realized the RINOs always have been and always will be in control. I know of many people who came to the same conclusion I did and like me took a lot of time (even 20 or 30 years) to come to it. I think the title of this forum really says it all; the Republican president advancing the liberal agenda all the while assuring his conservative supporters it's a brilliant tactical move to outflank the leftists. We've seen it all before; the only people being outfoxed ultimately are the conservatives who continue to support the GOP.
438 posted on 05/20/2002 4:16:21 PM PDT by seanc623
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