Offmymeds
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This is a Twitter conversation. I'm "Paper Ballots, Plz"
Breck Worsham
For you on the left who didn't attend law school & remain seemingly confused, the 2nd Amendment does not guarantee the right to own a shot gun for deer hunting. The 2nd Amendment protects the right to bear arms of YOUR CHOICE to defend yourself against a tyrannical government.
Paper ballots, plz.
Is your well regulated militia going deer hunting?
oregano
Tyrant hunting.
Paper ballots, plz.
Is this going to be your "legitimate political discourse" all over again?
oregano
I would love it if we could have legitimate political discourse again. But the only way we are going to be able to do that is if we as a nation rekindle the concept of federalism we are supposed to operate under by our Constitution. The federal govt is The One Ring.
Paper ballots, plz.
I don't see federal government as different from state government. The state politicians play upon fear and tribalism more so than the federal politicians. Corruption has been well known in many state governments for years.
oregano
It is nonsensical to claim the federal govt is immune to corruption any more or less than state govts. You want to see a govt that is most immune to corruption? It’s one where a Rep says to a lobbyist “sorry, we don’t have the power to do what you want.”
Paper ballots, plz.
Both are corrupt but there are more journalists and oversight over the federal gov't. We should be making our gov'ts more accountable. All of them.
Paper ballots, plz.
There is no reason we shouldn't demand not only an ethics code from SCOTUS but routine background checks, especially since they have control over 300 million lives with lifetime appointments. We don't have to take those risks.
oregano
The Supreme Court has no control over 300 million lives holy crap they aren’t demigods. They don’t even have the authority to interpret the constitution. Go look. Our constitution says what it says.
Paper ballots, plz.
It is literally their job to interpret the Constitution. Just one upcoming ruling will affect the rights of half of the population. They have authority over every citizen of the US.
oregano
I can see you haven’t read it in a while. It is most certainly not their job. You’re describing judicial review, which is not a power granted to the Supreme Court in the constitution. The idea a branch of the federal govt gets to define the limits of federal power is crazy.
Paper ballots, plz.
Oi, checks & balances. "As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution." - SCOTUS
oregano
I am not interested in what any branch of the federal govt says they have the power to do. They are not granted the power of Judicial Review in the Constitution. Again - the Constitution was written to restrain the fed govt. A branch of it cannot determine what it says.
Breck Worsham
For you on the left who didn't attend law school & remain seemingly confused, the 2nd Amendment does not guarantee the right to own a shot gun for deer hunting. The 2nd Amendment protects the right to bear arms of YOUR CHOICE to defend yourself against a tyrannical government.
Paper ballots, plz.
Is your well regulated militia going deer hunting?
oregano
Tyrant hunting.
Paper ballots, plz.
Is this going to be your "legitimate political discourse" all over again?
oregano
I would love it if we could have legitimate political discourse again. But the only way we are going to be able to do that is if we as a nation rekindle the concept of federalism we are supposed to operate under by our Constitution. The federal govt is The One Ring.
Paper ballots, plz.
I don't see federal government as different from state government. The state politicians play upon fear and tribalism more so than the federal politicians. Corruption has been well known in many state governments for years.
oregano
It is nonsensical to claim the federal govt is immune to corruption any more or less than state govts. You want to see a govt that is most immune to corruption? It’s one where a Rep says to a lobbyist “sorry, we don’t have the power to do what you want.”
Paper ballots, plz.
Both are corrupt but there are more journalists and oversight over the federal gov't. We should be making our gov'ts more accountable. All of them.
Paper ballots, plz.
There is no reason we shouldn't demand not only an ethics code from SCOTUS but routine background checks, especially since they have control over 300 million lives with lifetime appointments. We don't have to take those risks.
oregano
The Supreme Court has no control over 300 million lives holy crap they aren’t demigods. They don’t even have the authority to interpret the constitution. Go look. Our constitution says what it says.
Paper ballots, plz.
It is literally their job to interpret the Constitution. Just one upcoming ruling will affect the rights of half of the population. They have authority over every citizen of the US.
oregano
I can see you haven’t read it in a while. It is most certainly not their job. You’re describing judicial review, which is not a power granted to the Supreme Court in the constitution. The idea a branch of the federal govt gets to define the limits of federal power is crazy.
Paper ballots, plz.
Oi, checks & balances. "As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution." - SCOTUS
oregano
I am not interested in what any branch of the federal govt says they have the power to do. They are not granted the power of Judicial Review in the Constitution. Again - the Constitution was written to restrain the fed govt. A branch of it cannot determine what it says.
