The militia act of 1792 and the 2nd Amendment are mutually exclusive. The militia act's powers are granted from Article 1, Section 8. The use...
You can't vote away a right that does not exist. Now I would like you to point out where I said I was against same sex marriage. My problem is...
That was not the purpose of the judiciary. No state was slapped down until 20th century judicial activism. To make your argument you will have to...
Marriage and guns laws have always been left up it the states. Any gun or marriage law has since the inception of this country been left up to the...
Is this on the merits: "Keep trying though. Your argument keeps getting thinner and thinner." It is ideology, and has no basis other than...
The reliance on personal insults is a pretty solid gauge of one's knowledge base. I struggled responding to your statement due to its lack of...
That is an interesting assessment considering constructionism is the most fundamental method of constitutional law, but if you want make a...
What historical rights have the states voted away?
I ask you to define the meaning of the equal protection clause. Not what a 20th century activist court defined it, but it's origin, and it's...
I understand the principles and the lack of. Nothing is new is known regarding the Constitution that would have any effect on the intent of the...
And that is a problem. Not that they do not agree with me specifically, but the principle.
Depending of what area of law you intend to practice, a M.A. in Early American History would be invaluable if you intended to practice or take an...
Windsor did inherit the property, and was treated as any other person would be regarding estate taxes other than a spouse. This is relevant only...
I read the decision as well. I stand by what I stated. I will believe what I wrote and you believe what you wrote: that is what makes the world go...
Pick a century to discuss, but the context of my post was the reason the judiciary was established. You are bouncing between the 18th century and...
Was that the purpose of the judiciary? And what case law would you propose to present that applied the Bill of Rights to the states when the...
The purpose of the federal judiciary is not to determine whether state laws are constitutional or not, because when the judiciary was established,...
Yes, it did. The court had two rationales: federalism and equal protection. And was a typical Supreme Court ruling that was as contradictory as it...
I was referring to the federalism basis why DOMA was ruled unconstitutional: it violated state's rights to define marriages.
Starting from Jamestown, sodomy was a criminal offense punishable by death in some colonies, and was a criminal law until recently, making it...
I don't have links because it does not come from the internet. But I can supply you with a few laws. The Massachusetts Body of Laws and...
Technically, the Hammurabi Code duplicates the Noachide Laws (except the Hammurabi Code is consequential law, is void of positive obligations, and...
I brought up God as a rebuttal. My argument is not about giving or not giving consenting adults the right to marry other consenting adults; my...
It was a nod that people did not work on Sundays? The Sunday exemption was inserted because of the Ten Commandments, which was the basis for not...
No because that was not the intent of the 2nd Amendment. The purpose of the 2nd Amendment, and the Militia Act of 1792 applied to arms in the...
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