Tag: Constitution

Meanwhile, Over at the ‘Living Constitution’…

Former Justice Breyer rips conservative Supreme Court for giving nation ‘Constitution no one wants’ – Breyer said originalism will ‘overlook lots of changes designed to further the value of protecting basic civil rights, because the world has changed’ [More]

Yeah, the guy who dissented in Heller and said the RKBA shall be infringed wants the Constitution to say whatever he and his fellow authoritarians want it to say, because they’re smarter than the Founders and they’re smarter than you.

Everybody wants that.

No…?

One Down…

US District Court judge Glenn Suddaby finds that NY ban on guns in public housing violates the 2nd Amendment. [More]

That’s all fine and good, but I still want to know why forcing me to pay for someone else’s living costs don’t violate the 13th Amendment…

I wonder what the text, history, and tradition at the time of ratification would have to say about that…

[Via Jess]

UPDATE

SAF weighs in.

The Eye of the Beholder

The Case That Could Destroy the Government [More]

So essentially it’s the same principle as ATF having no lawful authority to effectively “legislate” bans…? In other words, this is a case that could force government back in its delegated powers chains — if the usurpers were inclined to obey such rulings, which they’d never do without a fight unless cowed into it.

But leave it to the government control cultists at The Atlantic to act like the “swarms of officers” are the injured party here…

[Via Dan Gifford]

Don’t Fence Me In

There is a plan underway to close the great open spaces of the American West to you, me, our children, and our children’s children. The federal government — which owns most of this land — is determined to move from a “use and let use” system of accessing Western public lands to a permission-based system that will mean reservations, permits, and closures. [More]

Hey, what happened to Article. 1. Section. 8. Clause 17?

Sing it, Roy:

[Via Michael G]

A False Argument

Acosta repeatedly asked Norman how Republicans planned to secure the border if there is a government shutdown and said, “I guess I don’t understand that.” [More]

HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE GOVERNMENT TO WORK IF IT’S RESTRAINED BY THE CONSTITUTION…???

Disregarding for a moment that there’s such a thing as priorities and it’s not like the powers that be are just going to tell the military to go home, there’s a whole ‘nother deliberately unused resource that those same powers have a vested interest in ignoring…

Your Tax Dollars at Work

The Biden administration has awarded an anti-terrorism grant worth more than half-a-million dollars to an LGBTQ activist group, which distributes condoms and “sex education” material, to expand its “in-school support for LGBTQ+ youth” as young as age 6. [More]

And on top of that, they’re communists!

Remember in the Constitution where this power is delegated to the Executive branch?

Just remember, if you object, you’re anti-government.

And a racist.

[Via Michael G]

The Con-Con Con

Despite concerns, California committee approves call for constitutional convention on gun control [More]

That’s because they’re subversives like Gavin.

Still, it’s nice to see totalitarians like Scott Wiener recognizing the dangers inherent in a Con-Con.

Why so many ostensible “conservatives” don’t is one of the paradoxes of our time.

[Via Jess]

Gotta Serve Somebody

“We should be serving people. Is 60% serving the people?” said Akron Mayor Daniel Horrigan… going from majority rule to 60% rule that’s pretty significant of a change,” said Horrigan. [More]

So I guess he really hates the federal requirements and considers his judgment superior to the Framers’. Nothing like changing the Constitution by ginned-up mob rule to guarantee somebody will be served.

Daniel’s the same Democrat liar (but I repeat myself) who wants us to believe infringements against you and me are what would have saved Na’kia, Mar’Viyah, and MiKayla.

Ohio gun owners: What are you doing to make Issue 1 truth a priority?

Triple Con

Neocons in the 80s and 90s used to warn people off of the CoS rout always bringing up the runaway convention argument. Amendments proposed by the CoS still have to be ratified by 38 states, thus killing worries for runaway conventions. We all know congress will NEVER vote to limit themselves, so lets try a CoS. We are already quickly headed down the path the late great Mike Vanderboegh warned us about repeatedly. [More]

I’d be careful about invoking Vanderboegh’s name to make your case.

As for the “38 states” redirect/deferral, I see nobody’s considering what’s happening all around us, every day, with no end in sight…

The Lunatics in Charge of the Asylum

673 university professors sign letter opposing courses on America’s founding, Constitution – UNC professors say requiring courses on American history violates ‘academic freedom’ [More]

So couldn’t the same be said for requiring ANY course?

I wonder what rulers in other countries that don’t recognize Constitutional protections have to say about annoying “educators”…?

[Via Michael G]

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

So the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is celebrating its 20th birthday—the perfect opportunity to rethink the whole concept of “homeland security” and how to best provide it. DHS has grown into a monster that is massively expensive, incredibly ineffective, and reliably destructive of basic civil liberties. It’s time to abolish it and replace it with fewer, smaller, and more accountable agencies. [More]

First, let’s talk about what those agencies would be Constitutionally authorized to do.

[Via Michael G]

A Matter of Priorities

Pentagon announces largest-ever defense budget request [More]

Funny– Congress never spends even one penny on “organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States.” And none of those “staunch supporters of the Second Amendment” are demanding it.

Seeing as how the authors of the Constitution they all swore an oath to uphold viewed it as “being necessary to the security of a free State,” Why do you suppose that is?

Doesn’t Sound Like a Democrat…

“The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT.” These words were delivered by a former slave. The all-caps emphasis was his. In an 1852 speech entitled What to the Slave is the Fourth of July the inimitable Frederick Douglass called out the evil of slavery while praising an undeniable instrument of liberation: the U.S. Constitution. [More]

So… he wasn’t black?

So… No Poll Taxes?

In a case involving fees for commercial filming in areas under the control of the National Park Service, the DC District Court has ruled that fees charged for exercising constitutional rights of the first order are unconstitutional… ‘This regime is difficult to square with the longstanding rule that the government may not “impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the federal constitution,” including the First Amendment right to free expression.’ [More]

I see this was written before a historical understanding was ruled the standard.

Still, what’s with “a right granted by the federal constitution“?

[Via Dan Gifford]

Wholly Inadequate

“We gotta get back to teaching there is a right or wrong or, I agree with everybody here, we’re going to have to get rid of the Second Amendment, we’re going to have to get rid of Freedom of Speech, we’re going to have to get rid of freedom of assembly,” Gohmert said. “This Constitution won’t work the way we are teaching children.” [More]

Not that doing those things will actually invalidate the rights they articulate, but like Mr. Adams warned us…

[Via bondmen]

We Should Be Used to This By Now

If there is one point on which there should be no political parsing, no legal jockeying, and no disagreement, it is this: for anyone to advocate terminating or suspending the Constitution is tantamount to a declaration of war against the founding principles of our representative government and the rule of law. [More]

Sounds like the Democrat playbook…

Well, this is certainly embarrassing…

[Via bondmen]

Just Like the Founders Intended

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice have sent the rule surrounding pistol stabilizing devices to the White House for Presidential review. [More]

Since we’re told we live under a system of consent of the governed, I’m sure the delegated authority for this is in here somewhere…

[Via Jess]

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