Henry de Bracton’s (#Bracton) compilation of the English (Canon) Law on #SUICIDE, in the original Latin and modern English. Bracton was a 13th century English Catholic Archdeacon, itinerant judge and legal commentator. His opus magnum, “De Legibus Et Consuetudinibus (1/26)
Anglilae”, is often cited by conservatives as representative of the origins of British and English common law. As you shall see, here, below, the work (and the contemporaneous law) was heavily influenced by Bracton’s Catholic faith. YOU be the judge of that!
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Jun 23, 2022 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
In keeping with Brown, Griswold, Roe, Casey, and Lawrence, all of SCOTUS' civil rights jurisprudence hangs on the principle that there must be a limit to the Government's interference in our private lives.
(1/23)
In Lawrence, SCOTUS wrote :
"These matters, involving the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime [e.g., love, procreation], choices central to personal dignity and autonomy, are central to the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. ..."
(2/23)
Jun 22, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Chairman Powell is now speaking to the Senate Banking Cmte. and, sadly, both sides of the aisle are asking the wrong questions.
Inflation is too hot, sure. But the Senators (and the public they represent) fail to understand that inflation represents the FIRST DERIVATIVE (1/12)
of price and interest rates represent the SECOND DERIVATIVE of price.
Thus, the Fed can only affect the 2nd & 3rd derivatives of price -- price being what the consumer actually complains about -- by the level and speed at which interest rates rise. (2/12)
Jun 21, 2022 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
The issue of regulating guns is complex and much contested:
SCOTUS’ decisions in Heller and McDonald guarantee all American adults the right to own and “bear arms”, which SCOTUS has interpreted as the right to a personal self-defense using a common pistol. (01/21)
Many on the Right swear that they should be able to arm themselves with whatever gun they wish (not true, even under the 2A; see Heller). The Left, on the other hand, would often like to eliminate all handguns from the Nation (albeit not sporting and hunting rifles), (02/21)
May 25, 2022 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
There is currently a great tension between Roe/Casey/Griswold, on the one hand, and Washington v. Glucksberg 521 U. S. 702 (1997), holding:
"Only fundamental rights which
are ‘deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition' qualify for anything other than " (1/17)
"rational-basis scrutiny under
the doctrine of 'substantive due proces'." Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558, 588 (2003), citing Glucksberg.
The problem, here, is that as time passes and "traditions" change or are overthrown, our nation will come to recognize certain rights (2/17)
May 25, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Here's what should be done to repeal & replace the 2nd Amendment:
1. Enact the 28th Amendment, guaranteeing the States the right to raise and control their own National Guards, setting minimal necessary constraints & outlawing "private militias", "posses" & vigilantes. (1/10)
Enact the 29th Amendment:
1. Every natural person legally residing in the United States & the Territories or Lands subject to its jurisdiction shall have the right to a meaningful self-defense.
2."Self-defense" means the protection, whether in the home or underway, (2/10)
