Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the right to bear arms has run its course, and now’s the time to “repeal the Second Amendment.”
He suggests that student protesters should shift their focus from pursuing legislation to pursuing a change in the constitution.
The Hill quoted a New York Times‘ op-ed, in which Steven praised the efforts of students protesters, then said, “Demonstrators should seek more effective and more lasting reform. They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment.”
He stressed his belief that there is ample support to raise the minimum age for long gun purchases, “[prohibit] civilian ownership of semiautomatic weapons,” and enact universal background checks. But made clear that more should be done.
Stevens expressed his continued disagreement with the District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) decision, suggesting that a repeal of the Second Amendment would remove the hindrances posed by that decision and would allow sellers of firearms to be sued once more. He described removing Heller via repeal of the Second Amendment as a “simple but dramatic action would move Saturday’s marchers closer to their objective than any other possible reform.”
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Quote: PzLdr wrote in post #2I'm in favor of repealing MARBURY v. MADISON, myself...
Well PzLdr, since I had to look that one up, I'm posting a little history lesson on MARBURY v. MADISON for anyone similarly challenged TM
In Marbury v. Madison (1803) the Supreme Court announced for the first time the principle that a court may declare an act of Congress void if it is inconsistent with the Constitution.
William Marbury had been appointed a justice of the peace for the District of Columbia in the final hours of the Adams administration. When James Madison, Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, refused to deliver Marbury’s commission, Marbury, joined by three other similarly situated appointees, petitioned for a writ of mandamus compelling delivery of the commissions.
Chief Justice John Marshall, writing for a unanimous Court, denied the petition and refused to issue the writ. Although he found that the petitioners were entitled to their commissions, he held that the Constitution did not give the Supreme Court the power to issue writs of mandamus. Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 provided that such writs might be issued, but that section of the act was inconsistent with the Constitution and therefore invalid.
Although the immediate effect of the decision was to deny power to the Court, its long-run effect has been to increase the Court’s power by establishing the rule that ‘it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.’ Since Marbury v. Madison the Supreme Court has been the final arbiter of the constitutionality of congressional legislation.
"The demographic most opposed to President Trump is not a racial minority, but a cultural elite." Daniel Greenberg
"Failure to adequately denounce Islamic extremism, not only denies the existence of an absolute moral wrong but inherently diminishes our chances of defeating it." Tulsi Gabbard
"It’s a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds and beliefs, who want and expect our government to serve the people, and serve the people it will." Donald Trump's Victory Speech 11/9/16
INSIDE EVERY LIBERAL IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT -- Frontpage mag
Repeal the Judiciary March 28, 2018 Daniel Greenfield
John Paul Stevens, a retired Supreme Court justice, is getting plenty of attention for a New York Times editorial titled, "Repeal the Second Amendment".
The piece isn't worth linking to or challenging. It's full of the tiresome arguments you would expect. The second amendment is a relic of the 18th century and we need to get with the times and get rid of it.
And then maybe we can get to work on the first amendment.
Okay.
Stevens doesn't make a compelling case for repealing the second amendment. He does make a compelling case for repealing the judiciary. Judicial supremacism and activism has long since supplanted the constitution. But the judiciary is there to serve the constitution. Not the other way around.
When an institution inhibits, poisons and outright attacks that which it is meant to serve, it becomes the problem.
The Bill of Rights is not the problem. Stevens is. A judiciary in which unelected officials base laws on their political views and invent their own legislation is a threat to the constitution.
Gun violence is not an institutional threat to the United States. Judicial supremacism is. If we're going to repeal anything, it won't be any element of the Bill of Rights. But if Stevens hadn't retired, he would be on the bench right now pursuing his conviction that a major part of the Bill of Rights should not exist.