MY IDEA FOR GETTING AMERICA'S GUN PROBLEM UNDER CONTROL (by Dachshund)

[Earl]

wrong


they only have the power to negate said laws.

Wrong.

Article III, §1, of the Constitution provides that "[t]he judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." The Supreme Court of the United States was created in accordance with this provision and by ...

If they negate laws, they do so unconstitutionally.

 

[Earl]

Yes we do, if we wish to live in the America defined by our founders.

If we decide to tear it all up and start over, that could be a different story, maybe.

If you decide to tear it all up and start over, you best bring some heavy artillery with air cover.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Wrong.

Article III, §1, of the Constitution provides that "[t]he judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." The Supreme Court of the United States was created in accordance with this provision and by ...

If they negate laws, they do so unconstitutionally.

the government was not made the arbiter of their own limitations and restrictions. they do not have power to 'interpret' jack shit, but they can negate laws that violate the constitution by dismissing any cases brought to it by that law

 

[Earl]

I'm married - look elsewhere for your sexual exploits

Uneducated loons are unattractive to everyone.

 

[Earl]

the government was not made the arbiter of their own limitations and restrictions. they do not have power to 'interpret' jack shit, but they can negate laws that violate the constitution by dismissing any cases brought to it by that law

No.

The S.C. is a branch of government and they adjudicate cases that they chose to consider.

They interpret the Constitutionality relating to all cases brought before them.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

No.

so you believe that the founders ratified a Constitution instituting a limited and very restricted federal government, then handed the keys to define those limits to that very government?

 

[zymurgy]

Uneducated loons are unattractive to everyone.

you don't speak for everyone. you barely can speak for yourself

 

[Monad Portal]

you don't speak for everyone. you barely can speak for yourself

uneducated loon?

 

[Sirthinksalot]

MY IDEA FOR GETTING AMERICA'S GUN PROBLEM UNDER CONTROL (by Dachshund)

Any one over 18 who wants to purchase a firearm has to present official evidence that they have an IQ of 100 points AT LEAST, as evaluated using a standardised intelligence test

Are you being facetious with this post?
If not, what other Constitutional rights should be denied to people of below average intelligence?

Surely we could deny their free speech rights, they'd probably just say something stupid anyway, right? Right to petition the government? They'd probably just ask stupid questions anyway.

Please let the board know.

 

[Into the Night]

How does a constitutional amendment get changed?

Article V of the Constitution provides two ways to propose amendments to the document. Amendments may be proposed either by the Congress, through a joint resolution passed by a two-thirds vote, or by a convention called by Congress in response to applications from two-thirds of the state legislatures.

Lots of luck with that.

No. A proposal is not a change or an amendment.
Only the States have the authority to change the Constitution of the United States.
Only the people have the authority to change the constitution of their own State.

Congress has NO authority to change the Constitution of the United States. Neither, of course, does any court, nor any branch of the federal government.

 

[Into the Night]

it gets changed by another amendment.

It can get interpreted and clarified by the courts.

No. No court has authority to interpret or 'clarify' (i.e. change) any part of the Constitution of the United States nor the constitution of any State.

 

[Into the Night]

You say they can't - but history is not on your side. They used judicial review to change the constitution to grant them judicial review. The rest is history. We can act like little kids and jump up and down and throw a tantrum, or we can work to fix it.

No court has authority to change the Constitution, dumbass.

 

[Into the Night]

yet an American Farmer can be ordered to not grow wheat. Countless examples like that exist

So you say it can't be done - but it is happening.

No one has authority to order anyone to not grow wheat.

 

[zymurgy]

No one has authority to order anyone to not grow wheat.

that and curling up in the fetal position and crying works very well for you infants

"they can't do that" (as they have been doing that)

 

[Into the Night]

that and curling up in the fetal position and crying works very well for you infants

"they can't do that" (as they have been doing that)

They can't.

 

[zymurgy]

They can't.

Wickard v filburn did that - and the precedence it causes has been used to do countless similar things

 

[Into the Night]

Wickard v filburn did that - and the precedence it causes has been used to do countless similar things

Nope. No court has authority to change or interpret the Constitution.

 

[zymurgy]

Nope. No court has authority to change or interpret the Constitution.

you can keep repeating that.

Meanwhile, the courts fully embraced the elastic clause. So your words are just words. Actions speak louder.

 

[Into the Night]

you can keep repeating that.

Meanwhile, the courts fully embraced the elastic clause. So your words are just words. Actions speak louder.

Too bad. No court has authority to change or interpret the Constitution. You are just advocating discarding the Constitution of the United States and all State constitutions.

 

[zymurgy]

Too bad. No court has authority to change or interpret the Constitution. You are just advocating discarding the Constitution of the United States and all State constitutions.

I am not advocating for the constitution being discarded, I am pointed out how it was discarded, long, long before you were born.