Retired USSC member wants to edit 2d Amendment
ROS sends us a link to The Blaze which reports that John Paul Stevens, who is retired from the Supreme Court, has decided that there aren’t enough words in the Second Amendment and he wants to add five more so that the Amendment reads;
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms when serving in the militia shall not be infringed.
Of course, that doesn’t change the intent of the Bill of Rights authors at all, does it? As Andy at Ace of Spades writes;
I’m sure the left is oohing and ahhing over this, but Stevens’ suggestion is pretty funny when you bump it up against the existing U.S. code.
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.Looks like John Paul Stevens wants to disarm women who aren’t in the National Guard, transgendered folk and oldsters to me. Teh H8R!!
So those retired LEOs running around with their side arms have no right to do that, according to Justice Stephens. Especially if they’re women or over the age of 60 years. it doesn’t look like he thought his editing through. But, I’m sure glad that he’s not on the Supreme Court.
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The militia and the National Guard are separate entities. If you are a male citizen between the ages of 17 and 45, you are in the militia. There are also state constitutions that have similar wording to make males members of the state’s militias. One has to enlist or be commissioned into the National Guard.
Then again, it is relatively simple to change US Code, so the first step would be to change the 2nd amendment, and the second would be to change the US code to only those members of the organized militia (the National Guard), have the right to keep and bear arms while in a duty status.
OH, can I PLEASE have a nice meeting in a public place with this jackass? I want it after someone tries to hijack my car in the Walmart parking lot. I just want him to tell me I shouldn’t have a gun even if I want one, and ask him if he’s going to pay for my medical expenses.
Like any American, former Justice Stevens is entitled to his opinion. However, like other Americans his opinion now means squat in terms of Federal law and the interpretation of the Constitution.
Former Justice Stevens also has every right to work to change the Second Amendment legally, as does any other American who thinks it should be changed. Good luck wit dat, Judge.
Former Justice Stevens (damn, that “Former” sounds good) is also nearly 94 years old. Many individuals that age have lost a substantial portion of whatever facilities for critical thinking and judgement they once possessed, or have lost them entirely.
To change an Amendment to the Constitution only requires 38 states to ratify the proposed change. I don’t reckon we have anything to worry about for a while.
Ex-PH2: no, the Federal government will pay for everyone’s medical care now. Didn’t you get the memo about that wonderful thing called the
Putrid Pile of Absolutely Crappy AsininityPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act, AKA “ObamaCare”, yet?(Sarcasm, folks – sarcasm.)
Yeah, but Hondo, my cousin is a lawer, so I’d just lawer up and sue the ex-judge. 🙂
Now, where I live, the crime rate is extremely low. It’s peaceful and quiet, and there are literally dozens of knee-high children playing in the streets (parents are present) as soon as the weather warms up, and that lasts until the snow flies. Then they go and build igloos and snowmen. We have a neighborhood watch going on, and our police station is five minutes away. I like it here.
That peace and quiet could easily be destroyed by people like this old fart and his control freak ideas.
Stevens-nominated to the court by Gerald Ford-waited until 2010 to retire when Obama could choose his replacement, from 1968 to 2008 Republicans held the Presidency for all but 12 years and yet there is not a reliably conservative majority on the USSC, make of that what you will. So much seems to rest upon the whim of Anthony Kennedy at any given moment and that’s without the won making any more appointments.
And people say that elections aren’t important any more. Maybe I should tell that to Kagan and the “Wise Latina”.
funny thing, over the last week, yahoo has cycled lots of different stories across my news feed, but has kept this one up there for almost a week. showing your true colors yahoo?
anyone that thinks this is a good idea needs to be shot. slipping “just three words” into the 2nd amendment would set a dangerous precedent and before you know it the other nine amendments in the Bill of Rights would be subject to cut and paste jobs.
Now, I’m no fan of this by a long shot but at least he’s going about it the right way. Change the bill of rights–oh it won’t work, and it shouldn’t work, but trying that way is a lot better than sneaking around with illegal laws and backdoor reasoning to take away rights.
Of course good old #2 doesn’t actually grant the right to bear arms. We were all born with that one, and it just puts it in writing that it will not be taken away. Why even bother putting it in there if it doesn’t apply to everybody?
Senility is taking a toll, isn’t it, Former Justice Stevens?
I notice that Stevens’ name has exactly the same number of letters, 7, as my answer to him. And yes, the latter half of that answer would be “you”.
Well mr Stevens like all other liberal gun fearing americans can just go pound sand. He may go ahead and work towards having a Constitutional Convention at which time we can debate this and other amendments if he likes, or he could just stfu, and remember that the US Supreme Court has already decreed that the 2A does not carry with it a military requirement.
The guy was a baby when Woodrow Wilson was president. I’ll attribute his foolishness to his age.
So, again, another progressive tells us that the only people that are entitled to be armed are the criminals who don’t pay attention to the laws.
What the “good” FORMER judge forgets (senility is a bitch, ain’t it?) is that the 2A (and all other Bill of Rights Constitutional Amendments) is merely the written codification of God given natural born rights. So I don’t care how MUCH the “good” judge wants to (and maybe even succeeds) in amending the Amendments. Free Men will do like the good citizens of Connecticut are doing, ignoring an unjust unConstitutional law.
The Founding Fathers had it right from the beginning.
@7, 68W, don’t forget what rested on “the whim” of Chief Justice John Roberts. Agreed, if Duh Won gets to make yet one more appointment to the Supremes, we are well and truly screwed.
Always someone thinks they can improve on perfection. When free men give up their firearms ;they are SELFS. Joe