the constitution rejects direct democracy -- and yet these people keep pretending that it's some kind of baseline of good governance. it's just amazing. there is no popular vote, never was, and yet they write about it like it's a real thing.
none of this is to even mention, that all of his arguments are incredibly misleading.
the supreme court *exists* to function outside political and democratic pressures.
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Another example of anti-2A activists leaming heavy on this quote -- taking it completely out of context -- while ignoring the rest of the ruling, which upheld the right of individual gun ownership as it was "known to ordinary citizens in the founding generation."
The Scalia quote is taken from the section in which Heller specifically mentions "concealed carry" laws and "unusual weapons" and weapons for the "mentally ill." Semi-autos are not unusual; there are hundreds of millions of them in circulation.
And, of course, banning open carry would have struck any American in the Founding generation as tyrannical.
Absolutely. (Setting aside his false claims that Rittenhouse was a "militant" or that he was "heavily armed" or that he was "provoked" rather than physically attacked. Americans have a right to defend themselves when attacked by rioters.)
Not only is it unlikely to be true (bloomberg.com/news/articles/…) it is completely irrelevant. The idea that two highways with low bridges make the entire system racist, is silly.
I wrote my book Eurotrash (out in October!) to push back against the American Left’s championing of contemporary European ideas. One of the most dangerous has been the normalization of censorship.
For example, in Scotland right now, a feminist activist named Marion Millar is facing *2 years in jail* if convicted of sending “transphobic” tweets. She was charged under Section 127/2003 Communications Act, which criminalizes “grossly offensive” messages.
Millar is an accountant and mom of twin autistic boys. One of the tweets she is being prosecuted for features a picture of ribbon placed atop the colors of the suffragette movement.
Is there any left-wing anti-Semitism Chait won't whitewash? Even the freaking ADL -- which has done everything it can to wish away the Squad's Jew baiting -- condemns it.
Tlaib says the same people who are keeping down "Palestine" are “exploiting” “regular” citizens here in the US. Is it really "ultrasensitive" to think she's talking about Jews? Who is she talking about?
Ultrasensitive right winger Jonathan Greenblatt...