Post: Post Reply: Whack-a Mole by TEEBONE

Original Message: Whack-a Mole
jdboat77 2 days ago That's because so many Missourah methheads think COMMONSENSE = UNCONSTITUTIONAL. teebonicus > jdboat 6 min ago Subjective "commonsense" does not and cannot trump enumerated fundamental rights. Their enumeration exists for a specific reason, i.e., to preclude pompous yahoos from imposing restraints on principles that are circumscribed from such meddling. "The enumeration of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table." - Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority in D.C. v. Heller (2008)

Subjective "commonsense" does not and cannot trump enumerated fundamental rights. Their enumeration exists for a specific reason, i.e., to preclude pompous yahoos from imposing restraints on principles that are circumscribed from such meddling.

"The enumeration of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table." - Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority in D.C. v. Heller (2008)