Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (245441)	8/9/2005 3:45:22 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576241

This one cracked me up. High Court Disrespects Congress, Senator Tells Roberts foxnews.com Sen. Arlen Specter (search), R-Pa., advised Roberts in a letter that he would question the nominee on his thoughts about the court's attitude toward Congress and on two cases in which the court limited Congress' lawmaking ability. In one case Specter cited, U.S. v. Lopez, the high court in 1995 threw out a federal law that banned possession of a gun within 1,000 feet of a school, saying Congress lacked the authority to enact it. In U.S. v. Morrison, the Supreme Court in 2000 threw out part of the federal Violence Against Women Act, saying rape victims could not sue their attackers in federal court because it was up to the states — not Congress — to give such help to women victimized by violence. In both cases, Congress said its power to regulate interstate commerce gave it the ability to pass the laws. The court disagreed. --------------------------------------- What in the world do possession of a gun within 1,000 feet of a school and rape have to do with regulating interstate commerce????