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    "no purpose.... for any person to own a dangerous assault weapon" says police chief

    Whether ownership of the gun is constitutionally protected, the chief's statement was dead-on. Gun's like that are virtually useless for legitimate purposed like hunting.
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    Is God a moral relativist?

    Are you saying that, if there happened to be someone around who had never sinned, Jesus would have been perfectly happy with them going ahead with the stoning?
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    An Interesting Comment on Newt's Hypocrisy

    Just ran across this: Scocca : Newt Gingrich on Gay Marriage: Shameless and/or Fearless Of course there are many other same-sex marriage opponents against whom similar criticisms could be made. So the question is, where is the amendment to outlaw serial adultery and multiple remarriage?
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    Why should you pay for my health care?

    It seems like lots of people are misunderstanding the nature of insurance. The point is not to pay for someone else's problems, but to spread risk. Everyone gets the same fundamental benefit (freedom from risk of being destroyed by the expenses of whatever event is insured against) whether or...
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    Judge blocks drilling ban

    I didn't say anything about the correctness of the decision. I'm merely pointing out what a useless concept "activism" is in discussing judicial decisions.
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    Judge blocks drilling ban

    You keep pretending that I like the term or suggest that it has some particular, useful meaning. I don't think the term has any particular use or logic, so I don't see why you're trying to show that my use of the term is illogical. And I don't find your definition particularly meaningful...
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    Judge blocks drilling ban

    For the most part, discretionary decisions of administrative agencies are given a good deal of deference (google "Chevron deference" for an explanation of certain elements of the doctrine--the oil-company connection is a coincidence). In light of that deference, it is quite uncommon for a...
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    Judge blocks drilling ban

    The problem is that activist judging usually means "anything a judge does that I disagree with." I don't think it's a particularly useful concept because it's most used by people who have no idea what they're talking about to describe decisions they don't like. But, this is activist judging in...
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    Gen. McChrystal attacks Obama administration, mocks Biden

    Amazingly, you seem to think that sticking with incorrect ideas is a sign of good leadership (then again, you probably liked W pretty well, so it makes a certain amount of sense). I would hope that a president would make whatever decision seems best at a given time, irrespective of whether he...
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    Judge blocks drilling ban

    Where are the conservatives to denounce this as activist judging?
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    Gen. McChrystal attacks Obama administration, mocks Biden

    So you're saying that Obama is clearly making decisions based on what he thinks are the best for the country, as opposed to ones based on his political alliances? I doubt you meant that, but sometimes in your ridiculous ramblings you make something resembling a point, even if only by...
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    28th Amendment: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

    The idea that their benefits are high is out of touch with reality. They are almost universally succesful, well connected people who would make more money in private industry. And the amount paid to federal judges is actually problematically low. They're paid about 150k. Now that sounds like...
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    28th Amendment: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

    How could you possibly make all laws applicable to congress equally applicable to all citizens of the United States (the second part of this proposed amendment)? As an example, should all US citizens be paid a congress person's salary?
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    Palin to Obama on oil companies: 'Give me a call'

    You think "it bodes well to have some sort of executive experience before occupying the Oval Office" is well said? It's awkward grammar at best, and it is a strained, if not absolutely incorrect, use of the word "bodes."
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    Foreign Law: Coming Soon to a Supreme Court Near You (Elena Kagan vs. the Founders)

    What I see in your previous responses is the construction of an actual straw man. You posit that a judge might consult Iranian law for construction of the establishment clause as if a judge ever has, or ever would, do that. What you know very well (or at least ought to know) is that judges...
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    Foreign Law: Coming Soon to a Supreme Court Near You (Elena Kagan vs. the Founders)

    No. Nice try though but my position does not have any inconsistency, or at least not the inconsistency you suggest. This is not a response. At all. The framers' reliance on foreign legal principles shows their disapproval of reliance on foreign legal principles. That's your point. And...
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    Foreign Law: Coming Soon to a Supreme Court Near You (Elena Kagan vs. the Founders)

    You know a good way to tell when someone is about to tap dance? When they preface their response by saying that it is "simple and easy." The ignorance to which my post responded was a post suggesting that consulting foreign law is wrong because judges only should consult sources that are...
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    Foreign Law: Coming Soon to a Supreme Court Near You (Elena Kagan vs. the Founders)

    Can you tell me where in the constitution the founders gave judges the power to consider: (i) decisions of federal appellate courts, (ii) decisions of state appellate or supreme courts, (iii) or for that matter, previous decisions of the Supreme Court? Can you identify the constitutional source...
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    Cloned humans and demon possession?

    I think that you should assume, for purposes of this hypothetical, that the technology used for cloning also somehow imbues the clone with all of the knowledge/memory/experience of the original.