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1. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Saturday, 15-Dec-2012 10:13:34 EST DJ Dougernaut

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   You know, the NRA could kill two birds with one bullet (appropriate metaphor I think) by being the one to introduce the next Constitutional Amendment
2. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Saturday, 15-Dec-2012 09:27:55 EST DJ Dougernaut

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   Once again out in the woods. Way too cold with no real idea where I am. Still have Internet though
3. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Saturday, 15-Dec-2012 07:45:39 EST DJ Dougernaut

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   • laurelrusswurm
   specifically, that process is laid out in Article V: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Five_of_the_United_States_Constitution
4. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Saturday, 15-Dec-2012 07:44:18 EST DJ Dougernaut

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   • laurelrusswurm
   perhaps north of the border legislation has a different meaning, but here "Legislation refers to the preparation and enactment of laws by a legislative body through its lawmaking process," not the Constitution. Constitutional Amendments have a different process.
5. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Saturday, 15-Dec-2012 04:40:23 EST DJ Dougernaut

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   • laurelrusswurm
   for future reference, typing in names of cases into Wikipedia doesn't require legal education. All the important ones are there.
6. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Saturday, 15-Dec-2012 04:39:11 EST DJ Dougernaut

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   • laurelrusswurm
   not by legislation, it can't
7. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Saturday, 15-Dec-2012 03:50:31 EST DJ Dougernaut

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   http://mashable.com/2012/12/13/iphone-loses-patent-lawsuit/
8. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Saturday, 15-Dec-2012 03:13:39 EST DJ Dougernaut

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   • laurelrusswurm
   I think you misunderstood the point. This has been tried. Since case citations didn't do it, perhaps a link will: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights#Amendment_II
9. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 22:37:25 EST DJ Dougernaut

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   This whole gun thing could be solved pretty easily I think with the Amendment "The Second Amendment shall not be incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment against the states." Done and done. Keep the feds off your back, but if states want, they can pass gun laws.
10. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 22:30:55 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    Whenever you think that the USA has gotten crazy over the years, just remember that in 1776 we went to war because tea was too expensive.
11. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 22:09:59 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    • lnxwalt
    missed the "out" part of without there. You probably gathered that though.
12. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 22:07:40 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    • lnxwalt
    I guess there is a distinction that Lawrence v Texas was a criminal matter and DOMA is simply ministerial in some sense, but that seems like a pretty weak distinction.
13. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 22:06:02 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    • lnxwalt
    semantics that is "marriage" vs "union". My understanding is that in CA the rights were the same.
14. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 22:05:20 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    • lnxwalt
    but with overturning Lawrence v Texas, I don't see how Section 3 of DOMA can stand.
15. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 22:04:31 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    • lnxwalt
    the courts don't need to be in step with the majority to be right. I actually think the 9th Circuit is "right" in some sense of the word, but I have a feeling SCOTUS will say it's semantics.
16. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 21:44:42 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    oops, forgot the word "legislation"
17. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 21:44:03 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    all this talk about clearly unconstitutional (at least based on SCOTUS interpretation) has me thinking about DOMA. I have a feeling that DOMA falls and Prop 8 gets upheld. It's never smart to bet on the 9th Circuit.
18. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 20:03:29 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    • laurelrusswurm
    @laurelrusswurm legislation is pretty dumb idea to be spreading. See DC v Heller; McDonald v Chicago; City of Boerne v Flores.
19. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 19:19:08 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    hmm, I am down to 35ish pages. As of the moment, I still do not see a reason to print that many out.
20. DJ Dougernaut (douglasawh)'s status on Friday, 14-Dec-2012 18:59:18 EST DJ Dougernaut

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    91 pages. Hmm, that's a lot of printing. Not ready for that just yet.

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