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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (4967)	7/15/2001 7:48:55 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

I see two different thoughts being presented. If state constitutions looked to orignal intent (and I think they did) then they are important to the Supreme Court in interpreting the Constitution. It's also true that only the SC interprets the Federal Constitution. In the U.S. v Emerson case an amicus curiae written by David Kopel was presented that followed some of this. i2i.org State constitutions serve as an aid to interpreting the Bill of Rights. Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957, 966, 977-78, 983 (1991); Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784, 795-96 (1969). In the instant case, they prove the contemporary importance of the right, prove that the right belongs to individuals, and prove that judicial enforcement of the right does not harm society. guncite.com Here's a discussion of the mis-citation of Miller. It was a case appealed by the federal side, so any claims that there has been no dispute about the individual/group aspect is obviously false. I have a simple view that the "people" of the 1st, 4th, 9th and 10th amendments are the same and that all the rights are individual To claim that the "militia"(people) has a right to be armed is redundant and meaningless. I also believe while a shotgun or handgun is adequate for personal defense against crime, other weapons are in order as regards tyranny, however unpleasant the thought may be. Thus I look at an M-16 or AK-47 as a tool fit for a specific purpose and not a "murderous object".