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Diamond
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Some reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scot...3VeLmcIyIpxV4XtMEP0E

Reading the reactions, who do you agree with and why???
 
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I agree with the following:
"While it ruled that the D.C. gun ban went too far, Justice Scalia himself acknowledged that this right is not absolute and subject to reasonable regulations enacted by local communities to keep their streets safe. Today's ruling ... will provide much-needed guidance to local jurisdictions across the country." — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
----because it is not absolute and IS "subject to reasonable regulations enacted by local communities to keep their streets safe."
 
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There is a comment here I think is pretty idiotic...

"I am profoundly disappointed in Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, both of whom assured us of their respect for precedent. With this decision, 70 years of precedent has gone out the window. And I believe the people of this great country will be less safe because of it." — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

This lady never has shown very much knowledge for the Constitution. This statement is a good case in point.
 
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Seeing a defender of bush putting down anyone's knowledge of the Constitution is akin to hearing that OJ Simpson was complaining about the lack of respect for law and order in this country.
 
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Originally posted by DorianGreyed:
Seeing a defender of bush putting down anyone's knowledge of the Constitution is akin to hearing that OJ Simpson was complaining about the lack of respect for law and order in this country.


And just to think...this remark came from a perennial defender of Bill Clinton.

Roll Eyes
 
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Some of our members may not like Justice Scalia politically. As an overall perspective, however, I believe he is the strongest defender of the Constitution on the Supreme Court. He has again made sense with a reasonable perspective.

The minutia aside, I am troubled that this was a 5-4 decision. One vote the other way and this would have been blatant judicial activism. The Supreme Court must take great care to preserve and not to place itself above the Constitution.
 
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The Supreme Court must take great care to preserve and not to place itself above the Constitution.


Too late, CF. Has already happened.
 
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