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发帖数: 1031 | 2
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dark-side-of-the-enlightenment-1523050206
请看文章 全都归咎于enlightenment 太片面了
As Mr. Pinker sums it up: “Progress is a gift of the ideals of the
Enlightenment, and will continue to the extent that we rededicate ourselves
to those ideals.”
Very little of this is true. Consider the claim that the U.S. Constitution
was a product of Enlightenment thought, derived by throwing out the
political traditions of the past and applying unfettered human reason.
Disproving this idea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5309 | 3 疮破从1980年开始通过卖房帮俄国黑手党洗钱，因为疮破公司内部保守机密所
以FBI调查一无所获。这次疮破集团的大管家和白手套叛变，这长达几十年的犯罪事实
再也包不住了。
疮破唯一可能不蹲监狱的办法就剩出逃俄罗斯了。LOL
President Trump should be more worried about prosecutors in New York than
about the ongoing Russia probe led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III,
retired Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz said Sunday.
Dershowitz, an informal Trump adviser, said in an appearance on ABC News’s
“This Week” that the expanding probe by prosecutors in the Southern
District of New York could sp... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 4 学生拒绝对国旗宣誓，美国人道主义协会表示支持。(转载)
美国人道主义协会的Appignani人文主义法律中心（简称AHLC）今天致函给位于加
利福尼亚州橡树园的橡树园联合校区，信函内容是给一位九年级学生于在校时间内不宣读
效忠誓言的选择作支持的。作为非上帝信徒的学生, 此九年级学生拒绝以『Under
God』(上帝之下) 二字作出宣誓。
Appignani人文主义法律中心(以下简称AHLC)讲述信内他们陈述的以及该学生的关
注点: 强制学生宣读誓言是侵犯了宪法所赋予该学生可拒绝参与之权利，该学生宁愿静
坐于他的书桌边，代替起立宣誓。
Yet, the student was verbally chastised by his teaher in the classrom
and claims it was he, the student, that was being disrespectful and tried
intimidation techniques in an attempt to force him to say the pledge. The
student cont... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 5 美国人道主义协会的Appignani人文主义法律中心（简称AHLC）今天致函给位于加
利福尼亚州橡树园的橡树园联合校区，信函内容是给一位九年级学生于在校时间内不宣读
效忠誓言的选择作支持的。作为非上帝信徒的学生, 此九年级学生拒绝以『Under
God』(上帝之下) 二字作出宣誓。
Appignani人文主义法律中心(以下简称AHLC)讲述信内他们陈述的以及该学生的关
注点: 强制学生宣读誓言是侵犯了宪法所赋予该学生可拒绝参与之权利，该学生宁愿静
坐于他的书桌边，代替起立宣誓。
Yet, the student was verbally chastised by his teaher in the classrom
and claims it was he, the student, that was being disrespectful and tried
intimidation techniques in an attempt to force him to say the pledge. The
student contacted the AHLC through the o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 6 美国人道主义协会的Appignani人文主义法律中心（简称AHLC）今天致函给位于加
利福尼亚州橡树园的橡树园联合校区，信函内容是给一位九年级学生于在校时间内不宣读
效忠誓言的选择作支持的。作为非上帝信徒的学生, 此九年级学生拒绝以『Under
God』(上帝之下) 二字作出宣誓。
Appignani人文主义法律中心(以下简称AHLC)讲述信内他们陈述的以及该学生的关
注点: 强制学生宣读誓言是侵犯了宪法所赋予该学生可拒绝参与之权利，该学生宁愿静
坐于他的书桌边，代替起立宣誓。
Yet, the student was verbally chastised by his teaher in the classrom
and claims it was he, the student, that was being disrespectful and tried
intimidation techniques in an attempt to force him to say the pledge. The
student contacted the AHLC through the o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5309 | 7 给红脖疮轮大块喂红肉博眼球，搞得黄皮疮互殴险些出人命。LOL
Analysis | Trump’s transparent, frivolous ploy on birthright citizenship
By Aaron Blake
7-8 minutes
The Fix Analysis
Analysis Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as
well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events
Aaron Blake
Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix
October 30 at 10:13 AM
President Trump gave away the game last week. Confronted with one of the
largest mass-assassination attempts in U.S. history, Trum... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 8 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: tonyxu007 (tony), 信区: USANews
标 题: Ryan: Trump can't end birthright citizenship
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Oct 30 17:01:27 2018, 美东)
Ryan: Trump can't end birthright citizenship
House Speaker Paul Ryan refuted President Trump's claim that he can end the
right to citizenship for the children of non-citizens and unauthorized
immigrants born on US soil.
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Paul Ryan said President Donald Trump's call to
end "birthright citizenship" was "obviously" not ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 27 | 9 The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells
out Americans’ rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil
rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and
religion. It sets rules for due process of law and reserves all powers not
delegated to the Federal Government to the people or the States. And it
specifies that “the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights,
shall not be construed to deny or di... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 627 | 10 波多黎各能选自己的特首和议会。
但联邦法律直接适用于波多黎各，FBI可以在波多黎各抓人。
波多黎各有联邦法院。
波多黎各在国会没有代表。
波多黎各想变成州不被批准。波多黎各还是殖民地。
波多黎各人民怎么不革命？
Constitutionally, Puerto Rico is subject to the Congress' plenary powers
under the territorial clause of Article IV, sec. 3, of the U.S. Constitution
.[6] U.S. federal law applies to Puerto Rico, even though Puerto Rico is not
a state of the American Union and their residents have no voting
representation in the U.S. Congress. Because of the establishment of the
Federal Relations Act of 1950... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 11 Frequently Asked Questions
Pedersen et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al.
On November 9, 2010, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed
Pedersen et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al. in Federal District
Court in Connecticut, a new challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage
Act and its mandated non-recognition of marriages of same-sex couples. This
new case involves 5 couples and one widower from the states of CT, VT and NH.
1. What is this lawsuit about?
This la... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 12 Posted on Advocate.com June 14, 2011 08:55:00 AM ET
GOP Candidates on Marriage, DADT Repeal
By Andrew Harmon
From left: 2012 Republican presidential candidates Rep. Michele Bachmann,
Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney Despite optimism that New York will become
the next state in the nation to endorse marriage equality — a victory that
hinges on support from key state Republican lawmakers — many candidates
vying for the 2012 GOP nomination presented a regressive view of the future
during Monday's CNN... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 13 Adam Winkler.Professor at UCLA School of Law
Posted: August 4, 2010 05:56 PM
How Will the Supreme Court Rule on Same-Sex Marriage?
Wednesday's landmark decision by a federal court that California's ban on
same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution begins to pave the way for
an eventual Supreme Court decision on marriage equality. How will the
Supreme Court rule?
When the California case was first filed by the all-star legal team of Ted
Olson -- who argued Bush v. Gore for George W. Bush an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 14 Posted on Advocate.com July 27, 2011 02:50:00 PM ET
Colombian Court Rules for Marriage Equality
Colombia must extend marriage rights to same-sex couples within two years,
the nation’s Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday.
By Trudy Ring
The Colombian Constitutional Court X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
Colombia must extend marriage rights to same-sex couples within two years,
the nation’s Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday.
The Colombian Congress must create an equivalent of marriage for gay couples
by ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 15 摘要： 我理解是最高法院会废除DOMA SECTION 3，但不会强迫所有州承认同性婚姻。他们会找借口不接PROP 8的案子。
Andrew Koppelman Guest
Posted Friday, August 19th, 2011 8:44 am
Why the Supreme Court will strike down DOMA
Northwestern Law School’s Andrew Koppelman argues that the Supreme Court
will probably declare the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.
The following contribution to our same-sex marriage symposium is written by
Andrew Koppelman, John Paul Stevens Professor of Law and Professor of
Political Science at Northwestern Univers... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 16 Posted on Advocate.com September 15, 2011 08:40:00 AM ET
N.C. Congressman Opposes Antigay Amendment, Will Cosponsor DOMA Repeal
By Andrew Harmon and Julie Bolcer
Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) A North Carolina congressman who opposes a state
anti-gay marriage amendment will now cosponsor federal legislation to repeal
the Defense of Marriage Act.
Speaking with The Advocate, Rep. Brad Miller, a Democrat who represents
North Carolina’s 13th congressional district, said Wednesday afternoon of
DOMA repeal... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 17 BOSTON — A legal battle over a law that denies federal benefits to married
gay couples is headed to a federal appeals court in Massachusetts, the first
state in the nation to legalize gay marriage.
The federal Defense of Marriage Act, enacted by Congress in 1996, defines
marriage as a union between a man and a woman and prevents the federal
government from recognizing same-sex marriages.
A federal judge in Massachusetts declared a key section of the law
unconstitutional in 2010 after Attorney Ge... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 18 Until Tuesday, it looked like California's Proposition 8 gay marriage case
would be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. But that looks less certain now.
The narrow California-only approach adopted by the 9th Circuit means the
high court might choose to steer clear of the dispute.
If so, that would leave for another day — perhaps several years in the
future — a national ruling on same-sex marriage.
FULL COVERAGE: Prop. 8
"The opinion holds that Prop. 8 was unconstitutional only in a case where
the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 19 A federal judge in Hawaii ruled Wednesday that the state’s ban on same-sex
marriages is constitutional, and said that any changes to the law should be
made by lawmakers or voters through a constitutional amendment process.
U.S. District Judge Alan Kay issued a 120-page decision that said court
involvement at this point would “short-circuit” the legislative activity
that has taken place against the issue. A civil unions law took effect in
2011, but the co-plaintiffs in the suit, Jackson v. Abercr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 20 Poland Rejects Proposed Gay Civil Unions
Poland’s legislators rejected three pieces of draft legislation that would
have recognized same-sex civil unions, a defeat for the country’s prime
minister who had thrown his weight behind the proposed laws but was outvoted
by those citing Catholic teaching.
The debate in Parliament over the bills was a sign of the tug-of-war between
more liberal-minded and secular politicians and conservatives who support
traditional religious values that has characteriz... 阅读全帖 |
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D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 21 那你再看看下面的报道,恐怕就不会相信这老头子有什么"进步"了.
(话说回来,你要是心底喜欢保守派,似乎也找错对象了,你应该感谢Ted Olsen这样的真
正的保守派,Scalia其实无非就是穿着法官黑袍的高级bigot罢了).
鉴于你的首贴factually wrong,你应该考虑删掉,免得在这里露怯.
Scalia Rages Against Supreme Court’s Gay Rights Ruling
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/06/scalia-doma-dissent.
Sahil Kapur June 26, 2013, 12:38 PM 7805
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a flaming dissent against the Supreme Court’s
5-4 ruling Wednesday invalidating the core of the Defense of Marriage Act,
the law that prohibits married same-s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 22 消息还是振奋人心的．估计代表了未来一段时间的态势．
在宾州这种州立法机构到州长都被共和党把持的地方，走这种渠道，恐怕是眼下唯一现
实的选项了．虽然地理上紧相邻，宾州却和新泽西情况那般不同：后者现在完全是被一
个充满了个人政治考量的肥胖州长阻挡，前者却是更大面积的反同势力．有人这样描述
宾州之于LGBT议题：
PA is Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and ALABAMA.
关键词：Alabama.
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A.C.L.U. Lawsuit Aims to Overturn Pennsylvania’s Ban on Gay Marriage
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/us/aclu-lawsuit-aims-to-overt
By TRIP GABRIEL
Published: July 9, 2013
The Supreme Court returned the battle over same-sex marriage to the states
last month, and Deb an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 311 | 23 SALT LAKE CITY – A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban
Friday in a decision that brings an increasing nationwide shift toward
allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has
long been against it.
U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby issued a 53-page ruling saying Utah's
law passed by voters in 2004 violates gay and lesbian couples' rights to due
process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
Shelby said the state failed to show that allowing ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 311 | 24 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-appeals-court-rules-
The march toward gay marriage across the U.S. hit a roadblock Thursday when
a federal appeals court upheld laws against the practice in four states,
creating a split in the legal system that increases the chances the Supreme
Court will step in to decide the issue once and for all.
The cases decided were from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Breaking ranks with other federal courts around the country, the 6th U.S.
Circuit Cour... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 22013 | 25 大法官说的这是真的假的？
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/antonin-scalia-religion-c
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday said that the United States
government cannot favor one religion over another but that the Constitution
does not prohibit the government from preferring religion over secularism,
according to the Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
Scalia made the comments during a speech at the Archbishop Rummel High
School in Metairie, Louisiana. He said that it is "absurd" to think the
Cons... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1846 | 26 An Open Letter to Shi-Min Fang
from Robert Root-Bernstein, Ph. D., Professor of Physiology,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA;
r******[email protected].
Dated 3 August 2011.
A number of people, including myself, have accused you of plagiarizing my
work. You and your followers have denied it. Let’s use this difference of
opinion to educate ourselves about what constitutes plagiarism in and see if
we can reach an accord.
Let me begin by stating that I am basing my arguments on The Univ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2249 | 27 http://www.rallycongress.com/constitutional-qualification/1244/stop-obama-constitutional-crisis/
Stop the Obama Constitutional Crisis
Sign the Petition : 14,060 Letters and Emails Sent So Far
A lawsuit has been filed with the Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
requiring Mr. Obama to produce documents to prove he is constitutionally
qualified to run for President. So far Mr. Obama has refused to produce the
documents and is trying to fight the court order to produce the documents.
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发帖数: 29846 | 28 加州大学物理学家Hal Lewis退出美国物理学会，“人造全球暖化骗局，用以十亿计的
美元，俘虏了那么多科学家”
http://thegwpf.org/ipcc-news/1670-hal-lewis-my-resignation-from-the-american-physical-society.html
Hal Lewis: My Resignation From The American Physical Society
Friday, 08 October 2010 17:19 Hal Lewis
E-mail Print PDF
From: Hal Lewis, University of California, Santa Barbara
To: Curtis G. Callan, Jr., Princeton University, President of the American
Physical Society
6 October 2010
Dear Curt:
When I first joined the American Physical Society s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 29 奥巴马政府阻止美国各州挑战奥巴马医疗法案的企图失败，两起指控该法案违宪的诉讼
将得到庭审机会
Legal Setback to Obamacare Batters Democrats as Midterms Loom
Friday, 15 Oct 2010 01:44 PM Article Font Size
By: David A. Patten
The double whammy of constitutional challenges in Florida and Virginia
against Democrats' massive healthcare overhaul on the eve of the midterm
elections is shaping up to have major implications in tight races
nationwide, political commentators tell Newsmax.
On Thursday, a federal district judge issued a stinging order... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 30 Posted by Jay Tea
Published: January 20, 2011 - 7:00 AM
President Obama, we are told, is exceptionally intelligent. Harvard Law
School (salutatorian of his class), president of Harvard Law Review, and
about a dozen years teaching Constitutional law. If there's one subject he
should be intimately familiar with, it's the United States Constitution.
Which is why he, of any other president we have ever had, has no excuse for
trying to pull crap like this.
A quick recap: the crux of this whole mess i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 31 Seven Myths About the Looming Debt-Ceiling 'Disaster'
By John Lott
Published July 15, 2011 | FoxNews.com
If Congress and the president don't raise the debt ceiling, the consequences
will be disastrous, politicians and pundits tell us, -- the equivalent of
an economic Armageddon. And President Obama warns that the consequences are
so dire that he cannot possibly tolerate any delay in making an agreement.
He announced yesterday that any debt deal must be completed by today, July
15th.
According to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 32 By Rabbi Aryeh Spero
What if a Muslim country, such as Iran, launched a nuclear attack against us
, or if agents aligned with Pakistan using dirty bombs were to attack
America? Would Barack Hussein Obama retaliate with nuclear force, as has
been our stated policy since the 1950s? Would he even unleash a barrage of
non-nuclear shock and awe that would level those countries so that they'd be
incapable of striking a second time?
When queried in Japan in November 2009, Mr. Obama declined to defend... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2406 | 33 Some of the people who do not agree with Ron Paul here may be because they
have not spend some time to read through Ron Paul's reasoning behind his
positions.
Ron Paul is a very smart, honest, and rational person. His views are all
derived from the basic principles of the the constitution: guarantees
citizen' s rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, no more and no
less.
Some people on this board need to calm down and think through their
positions and try to reconcile their position... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2406 | 34 You sound self-contradictory:
Constitution or No constitution?
The Constitution is a Cultism?
Ron Paul represents the Constitutionalists, we should abandon the
Constitution to appease the Moderates?
What have the moderates done for the country: bail out, stimulation, deficit
, PA, detention without trial, undeclared wars, torture, welfare, Rom Care,
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发帖数: 29846 | 35 Taking away the guns is how to enslave the people
by Raquel Okyay
01/21/2012
Gun control advocates have it all wrong. They believe the Constitution is a
document and agreement meant to be twisted and turned. They believe it
grants rights to politicians and lawmakers, when it does just the opposite.
They believe scare tactics will convince us that placing burdens on gun
owners will prevent violent crimes, when all the evidence suggests otherwise
.
You see the Constitution governs the government.... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 By Mark Steyn
February 25, 2012 4:00 A.M.
CNN’s John King did his best the other night, producing a question from one
of his viewers:
“Since birth control is the latest hot topic, which candidate believes in
birth control, and if not, why?”
To their credit, no Republican candidate was inclined to accept the premise
of the question. King might have done better to put the issue to Danica
Patrick. For some reason, Michelle Fields of the Daily Caller sought the
views of the NASCAR driver and Sports ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 GALLUP: "Americans overwhelmingly believe the 'individual mandate,' as it is
often called, is unconstitutional, by a margin of 72% to 20%." (USA Today /
Gallup Poll, 2/20-21/12)
"Even a majority of Democrats… believe that provision is unconstitutional."
(USA Today / Gallup Poll, 2/20-21/12)
"As you may know, the Supreme Court will hear arguments next month
concerning a requirement in the healthcare law that every American must buy
health insurance or pay a fine. Regardless of whether you fav... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 38 RALEIGH -- North Carolina has become the 31st state to add an amendment on
marriage to its constitution, with voters banning same-sex marriage and
barring legal recognition of unmarried couples by state and local
governments.
North Carolina is the last state in the South to add such an amendment, and
supporters hoped for a resounding victory.
Incomplete returns show the amendment up 61.05 percent to 38.95 percent.
Primary turnout was heavy. Though there were many other races on the ballot,
inclu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1268 | 39 10th amendment和9th一起，只说了一件事，就是limited government.
为什么会出现"reserved to the states respectively", 是因为US constitution只约
束federal government, 而state government的约束是各州自己的constitution 来实
施。
为什么你理解成“联邦和州的关系”，是因为你有意无意的忽略后面的“or to the
people”.
也就是说所有权利的大饼，us constitution 规定federal government只能拿其中
limited part, 剩下的都归于state and people. 然后state constitution 规定
state government只能拿limited part, 最后剩下的都归于people.
这就是government和people的区别的根源。 government 的权利是limited，正向表列
的. 所有超出的部分都是非法的，所以我说它是有罪推断。
另外我说“A成立，不表示B成立”，... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11319 | 40 指望这些人先夺走你的权利，再施舍你点福利？
还是回中国靠铺，起码政府提供公共服务的执行力要强无数倍。
"You know I don't believe in people owning guns, only the police and militar
y. And I'm going to do everything I can to disarm this state."
- Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, in conversation with Mike Yacino,
MA Gun Owner's Action League, and Roy Innis, CORE, 1986-06-16
"To hell with the Constitution."
- Mike Roos (D-CA State Assembly), on the constitutionality of the Roberti-R
oos Assault Weapon Ban, 1989
"Yes, I'm denying you your right... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11319 | 41 因为禁枪派压根就不关心治安和收缴黑枪
他们的根本目的就是 彻底禁枪 本身
"You know I don't believe in people owning guns, only the police and militar
y. And I'm going to do everything I can to disarm this state."
- Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, in conversation with Mike Yacino,
MA Gun Owner's Action League, and Roy Innis, CORE, 1986-06-16
"To hell with the Constitution."
- Mike Roos (D-CA State Assembly), on the constitutionality of the Roberti-R
oos Assault Weapon Ban, 1989
"Yes, I'm denying you your rights."
- Tom Brad... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11319 | 42 做点功课再来发表评论吧。
04年AWB过期以后国会的报告已经承认，禁半自动步枪对犯罪率几乎没有影响，因为他
们只贡献了不到0.5%的伤亡
禁枪派也不止一次说过，终极目的就是要禁止一切枪械。
不过，人民是很健忘的
"I don't care about crime, I just want to get the guns."
- Senator Howard Metzenbaum, 1994
"Banning guns is an idea whose time has come."
- Joseph Biden, quoted by AP, U.S. Senator, 11-18-1993
"If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the
government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those
guarantees."
- Bill Clinton, 1993-08-12
"To hell with the C... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 43 New York State Forced to Defend Absurd New Gun Laws in Court
by Jammie
This hopefully will be a humiliating blow for the tinpot dictator Andrew
Cuomo, who ignored state law and rammed through unconstitutional laws in the
dead of night.
A New York state judge agreed Friday to consider whether the state’s
tough new gun restrictions were rushed into law in violation of the state
constitution.
State Supreme Court Justice Gerald Connolly signed an order granting the
request for a hearing by ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10345 | 44 The U.S. has a long and difficult history with racial discrimination, but on
Tuesday the Supreme Court marked a milestone worth celebrating when it
ruled that a section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act has outlived its
usefulness. The political left is reacting as if this means a return to Jim
Crow, but the ruling is best understood as a sign of the racial progress
that progressives claim to believe in.
In a 5-4 decision, the Justices said that the law's Section 4b coverage
formula—which requires t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 45 by Kaylin Bugos
The Egyptian military has suspended the country’s constitution and named
the chief of the Supreme Constitutional Court as head of state after
informing Mohammed Morsi that he is no longer president.
Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt’s defense minister, announced the plan
while surrounded by opposition leader and former IAEA chief Mohamed el-
Baradei, Muslim leader Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, and Coptic Christian leader
Pope Tawadros II. The inclusion of Tawadros may indicate plans to pr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 46 【 以下文字转载自 GunsAndGears 讨论区 】
发信人: helloterran (hi you), 信区: GunsAndGears
标 题: 重开一贴：为什么要反对UBC
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Apr 3 01:20:31 2013, 美东)
因为UBC的推动者，就是下面这些政客。20年前的嘴脸，到现在更加变本加厉
你还指望这些人先夺走你的权利，再施舍你点福利么？
也希望还对UBC和“理性限枪”有幻想的人认清现实。现在不是各族各派共同促进努力
美国进步的时代，而是各族各派各怀鬼胎，为达到一点眼前利益不择手段的时代，哪怕
代价是拆毁立国之本也在所不惜。
"To hell with the Constitution."
- Mike Roos (D-CA State Assembly), on the constitutionality of the Roberti-R
oos Assault Weapon Ban, 1989
"Yes, I'm denying you your rights."
- Tom Bradley, L.A. Mayor, 0... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 47 By Dahleen Glanton and Jason Meisner Tribune reporters
7:03 a.m. CST, January 7, 2014
A federal judge on Monday stripped away a key element of Chicago's gun
ordinance, ruling that it is unconstitutional to prohibit licensed gun
stores from operating in the city.
U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang found that the city failed to convince him
that banning the sale of guns by licensed dealers was necessary to reduce
gun violence.
The ruling also would make it legal for individuals to transfer ownership... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 17 States File Lawsuit Challenging Executive Amnesty
by Caroline May 3 Dec 2014, 1:40 PM PDT
Seventeen states are involved in a lawsuit filed Wednesday challenging
President Obama’s executive actions on immigration.
Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana,
Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and
the governors of Mississippi, Maine, North Carolina and Idaho filed the suit
in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas.
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发帖数: 29846 | 49 5:38 PM, Mar 18, 2015 • By DANIEL HALPER
Senator Joe Lieberman, writing in the Wall Street Journal:
As the Obama administration moves closer to a diplomatic agreement with
Iran regarding its nuclear program, a bipartisan group of senators—
including Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker and ranking
Democrat Bob Menendez—has put forward legislation that would provide
Congress with a mechanism to review such a deal. The White House has
threatened a veto, arguing that a deal wit... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 Illinois Political Chickens Coming Home To Roost
David Robertson May 11, 2015
“Politicians are to blame for the state’s fiscal woes, but mainly because
they colluded with unions to promise unsustainable benefits in return for
political support.” – Wall Street Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The above quote comes from a May 8, 2015 Wall Street Journa... 阅读全帖 |
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