[Dog Gone]

Not to quibble, but would an amendment repealing the 2nd, be an "infringment" and thus repugnant and void?

It really doesn't matter what I think. It would be void if the Supreme Court said it was void, although it's inconceivable to me that they'd ever rule that way.

tpaine is trying to argue that it would be void, I think, but it's a silly argument because his opinion doesn't count, either. It's a little more reasonable to argue what the Supreme Court might decide, but I think if a Constitutional Amendment is validly passed requiring us all to convert to some awful religion, then that's the deal. The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land, and the choice is whether or not to defy it, but not whether to pretend that it's not the law.

[wcbtinman]

One of the great failings we have as citizens of the US is that we place a great amount of faith in an un-questioned authority. I don't necessarily dis-agree with you, but you seem to place a great faith in that the USSC could never be wrong.

They have been, and relatively frequently.

[tpaine]

You say:

"I think if a Constitutional Amendment is validly passed requiring us all to convert to some awful religion, then that's the deal."

Or, in other words:

'I think if a Constitutional Amendment is validly passed requiring us all to turn in our guns, then that's the deal.'

Good grief.