Historically, the Second Amendment was never intended to grant an individual right to carry a gun with them wherever they go. I can already sense the blood pressure of many conservatives rising! Justice Scalia called himself a textualist who would interpret the Constitution as it was understood at the time of writing. History shows us… Continue reading
Posts Tagged → Supreme Court of the United States
The Court Needs Imbalance
I had intended this week to move on from Justice Scalia and discuss other pressing matters. However, conservative ignorance won’t allow me to do so. I’ve had countless friends, colleagues and strangers tell me I’m an idiot, that I should let the country decide the next Supreme Court Justice. As I touched on last week,… Continue reading
Forced Association
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Gay marriage is not legal! You can’t force me to accept gay marriage, that’s a violation of my Constitutional rights! I have the right to associate or not and I don’t want to associate with those people! I’m certain you have heard those or similar comments at some… Continue reading
Tolerance
Tolerance: a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one’s own; freedom from bigotry. I think that is a fair and widely accepted definition of tolerance. Nowhere in that definition is any mention of having to accept a differing viewpoint. Tolerance is simply acknowledging the right… Continue reading
Speedier Executions?
Florida leads the country in death row exonerations. It certainly makes sense that Representative Matt Gaetz would prefer to make executions quicker. Anyone who can think should come to the conclusion that is quite the opposite result a logical thinking person would come to. If Florida has such a problem obtaining correct verdicts in capital… Continue reading