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From: nobody@nowhere.com
On 10/4/2024 5:16 AM, trotsky wrote:
> On 10/2/24 4:57 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>> moviePig wrote:
>>> On 10/2/2024 3:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>> On Oct 2, 2024 at 12:36:30 PM PDT, "moviePig"
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 10/2/2024 2:13 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>> On Oct 2, 2024 at 8:28:15 AM PDT, "moviePig"
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/1/2024 6:04 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2024 at 2:35:19 PM PDT, "moviePig"
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 10/1/2024 5:04 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2024 at 1:40:36 PM PDT, "moviePig"
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/1/2024 3:28 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 1, 2024 at 1:30:43 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous"
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Leftist author Fran Lebowitz said late last week
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that President Joe Biden should dissolve the U.S.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Supreme Court because she does not like the fact
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that the majority of justices are constitutional
>>>>>>>>>>>>> originalists.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I must have missed that day in Constitutional Law
>>>>>>>>>>>> class where they taught us where to find the
>>>>>>>>>>>> Constitution's grant of power to the president that
>>>>>>>>>>>> allows him to just wake up one day and wave his hand
>>>>>>>>>>>> like a Hogwarts wizard and fire the Supreme Court.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I've just now reviewed Article II and I still don't
>>>>>>>>>>>> see anything resembling "The president shall have the
>>>>>>>>>>>> power to dissolve the Supreme Court whenever it
>>>>>>>>>>>> pisses him off." Maybe it's written in that invisible
>>>>>>>>>>>> ink that the NATIONAL TREASURE movies teach us the
>>>>>>>>>>>> Founders were so fond of.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Seriously, though, I'd understand if some
>>>>>>>>>>>> green-haired, nose-ringed teenager said this, because
>>>>>>>>>>>> they're just a product of our public schools, but
>>>>>>>>>>>> this Lebowitz idiot is supposed to be a serious
>>>>>>>>>>>> scholar, and *this* is how she thinks our government
>>>>>>>>>>>> runs?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "Serious scholar"? She's a cranky, 73-year old
>>>>>>>>>>> humorist who's as pissed about the Supreme Court as the
>>>>>>>>>>> rest of us should be.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Why should I be pissed about the Court?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Because Thomas takes gifts? So do all the other justices,
>>>>>>>>>> including the leftist ones. I'd be in favor of banning
>>>>>>>>>> that, but that doesn't answer why I should be pissed
>>>>>>>>>> about *this* Court versus previous ones.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You should be pissed about Thomas because he's a boob.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sotomayor is a boob, too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Next?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You should be pissed about the Court because it's happy to
>>>>>>>>> sell out personal freedom.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As in?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (Under this Court, I've regained freedoms that were taken
>>>>>>>> from my by Democrats.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Congrats on your restored personal freedoms. I admit I'm more
>>>>>>> concerned here with *others'* freedoms, e.g., your
>>>>>>> girlfriend's, my daughter's...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My girlfriend supports the Court's repeal of Roe. Not for the
>>>>>> same reason I do-- i.e., that the Constitution does not grant the
>>>>>> federal government power over health care, so it's properly a
>>>>>> matter of state and local jurisdiction per the 10th Amendment--
>>>>>> but she supports it for her own reasons.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nevertheless, I don't see why one person's freedom would be more
>>>>>> important than someone else's.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because "freedom to choose" is more important than "freedom to
>>>>> meddle".
>>>>
>>>> And that somehow magically makes health care/abortion an Article I,
>>>> Section 8 power of the federal government exactly how?
>>>>
>>>> And in any event, I'm glad you're on board with my freedom to choose
>>>> which AR-15 style rifle I want to defend my home the next time
>>>> Democrats allow their base to rampage through the city.
>>>
>>> Well, how much lethal firepower should an ordinary citizen have
>>> access to?
>>
>> However much they choose to. Freedom to choose supersedes the
>> government's
>> freedom to meddle, remember?
>
>
> Not when it comes to lethal force and weapons of mass destruction.
But the Founders, in their great wisdom, never mentioned WMDs...!
> You're being a lying sack o' shit as usual.
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