wow they did exsist , I truely did not realise the marines were that old.
Cool.
Isn't it? The Marines have a rich and glorious history, though a few blackeyes, unfortunately.
Now what about the rest of that sentance you tainwallow?
If you can dispense with the ad homs, i'll be happy to educate you further.
When the founders wrote that constitution they put in of, by and for. WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT.
In that government the scotus determines how that constitution is applied to todays issues. They already desided that gun laws are OK.
Art 3, Sec 2
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more States; between a State and Citizens of another State; between Citizens of different States; between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
Now, the bill of rights are also considered amendments to the constitution, correct?
In that respect, there should be some cases where the goverment has no authority to bring any charges nor would the courts have any jurisdiction, like 'congress shall make no law', 'shall not be infringed', 'no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause', 'No person shall be held to answer for any capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury', 'the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State', 'the right of trial by jury shall be preserved', 'Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.', 'shall not be construed to deny or disparage others'.
See, the founders of this nation did everything they needed to when writing the constitution/bill of rights to limit the federal government in supplying only the necessary powers needed to regulate the few things necessary for people to be free.
YOU do not get to deside that the scotus is wrong and its time for a revolution.
Actually, we do, through those very processes I described in another thread. If SCOTUS decides wrongly, like they did in Kelo, we get to speak out, vote on it, try the cases, and if all else fails, rebuild it. We only needed to go to step two after Kelo because of the huge outrage from the people.
Now if you insist on talking revolution because your party did not win then you are no fucking patriot, you are a traitor.
as much as you need to believe that I'm a total rightwing nut, i'm really not. I haven't been on the board that long and therefore, you didn't get to see any of my rantings about the unconstitutional acts committed by that administration. Rendition is totally illegal, the gitmo prisons and being held without trial was totally illegal, the warrantless wiretapping is totally unconstitutional, and I could go on but you probably would just dismiss my viewpoint out of hand because you NEED to believe i'm a 'rightwinger'.
If you wish to continue the absurd idea that i'm opposed to President Obama simply because he's black or a democrat, then no amount of additional explanation by me is going to sway you any differently.
I'm very much a classic constitutionalist and I firmly believe that it's a static legal document, not a living one by modern definition.