tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post1003501844979784089..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: The Myth of the Cure-All ConstitutionMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-87769410736582991872017-03-11T18:46:46.928-06:002017-03-11T18:46:46.928-06:00My preference is for traditional absolute (but not...My preference is for traditional absolute (but not arbitrary) monarchies, however I prefer a constitutional monarchy to no monarchy at all and you also have to take into consideration the country in question. Britain, for example, could probably never be an absolute monarchy. Russia, on the other hand, is hard for me to imagine as anything other than an absolute monarchy. MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-32692181403526042722017-03-10T23:20:42.556-06:002017-03-10T23:20:42.556-06:00Madmonarchist, I'm curious, as I don't rec...Madmonarchist, I'm curious, as I don't recall you ever specifically posting about it, but do you prefer Absolute or constitutional monarchies? Believe it or not Russia is the first country that comes to mind when I think of monarchy (I know most people probably think of Britain). Even though Putin is doing some good things, I would love to see a Romanov having absolute reign over Russia again, that is if the Romanovs haven't been infected by the virus of liberal modernity.ItalianRoyalist1994https://www.blogger.com/profile/07620180754832662680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-68702291553649704152017-03-06T16:38:27.402-06:002017-03-06T16:38:27.402-06:00I believe Congress can pass a law taking any parti...I believe Congress can pass a law taking any particular issue out of the purview of the Supreme Court, rendering its decisions on that particular issue null and void. None the less as Clarence Thomas wrote last fall in response to a decision made by the Ginsburg side of the court "why don't you just stop pretending that your decisions are based on the Constitution".Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031973472077814562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-45635068735460203102017-03-04T22:21:46.246-06:002017-03-04T22:21:46.246-06:00"the U.S. Supreme Court to saw that the Ameri..."the U.S. Supreme Court to saw that the American constitution, which is written in plain English, commands that abortion be legal throughout the land because of a line about everyone being entitled to the right to privacy."<br /><br />There is no right to privacy mentioned in the Constitution either. <br /><br />A "right to privacy" was construed from "emanations from the penumbra" of other rights mentioned in the Constitution.<br /><br />Basically, privacy was claimed to be "in the spirit" of other rights that are explicitly mentioned, even though privacy itself is not.<br /><br />Now, the Ninth Amendment in the Bill of Rights does say "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people" and I suppose privacy might be one of those "other" non-enumerated rights being alluded to. The point of the ninth amendment is that it is impossible to list or account for all rights comprehensively, but that doesn't mean the people don't have them under the Constitution or Nature.<br /><br />But abortion was a double leap. There is no "line about privacy." First privacy was inferred, then abortion was inferred under that.Jelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607822575954711599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-77630800066104639862017-03-04T08:15:51.549-06:002017-03-04T08:15:51.549-06:00If Trump had the courage to declare a decision of ...If Trump had the courage to declare a decision of the SCOTUS Unconstitutional or a Law Unconstitutional, there might be a (slight) chance that we could restore the equal and separate powers of the three branches.<br /><br />Our govt is not separate and equal if only the SCOTUS has the power to declare Unconstitutional the acts of the other two branches.<br /><br />Trump could declare a SCOTUS decision Unconstitutional and then send out Jeff Sessions to explain that what Trump did was to restore the Constitution to the people (for whom it was written) for future elections would decide how the Constitution was to be interpreted and applied because the people would elect national politicians who would have to give reasons for their support or rejection of specific constitutional powers, rights, etc.<br /><br />Of course that would never be done in America because the establishments truly does think we are deplorable.Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-41437138886259172012017-03-02T09:29:54.751-06:002017-03-02T09:29:54.751-06:00"because of a line about everyone being entit..."because of a line about everyone being entitled to the right to privacy"<br /><br />It's worse than that - it's all from the two word phrase "due process" in the 14th amendment that was supposed to ensure basic fairness for black peopleBen Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02993765107497016319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-31420743209354511692017-03-01T20:20:13.599-06:002017-03-01T20:20:13.599-06:00History repeats itself.
For the first time, I'...History repeats itself.<br /><br />For the first time, I'm now thinking to compare this to the movie The Founder--or rather, to the history dramatized in that film. Think of the contracts between the McDonald brothers and Ray Kroc as "constitutions" and you'll see what I mean.Michael E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03388855678756001137noreply@blogger.com