Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI never understood why Americans treat their Constitution like some holy bookfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square300fedilinkarrow-up11.32Karrow-down1145file-text
arrow-up11.18Karrow-down1imageI never understood why Americans treat their Constitution like some holy bookfiles.catbox.moeMasimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square300fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down6·1 year agoThe “well regulated” portion seems to enjoy being ignored still.
minus-squarecrunchyoutside@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoDistrict of Columbia v. Heller (2008) - the US Supreme Court decided that the Founding Fathers put that “well-regulated militia” bit in as a joke nvm.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year ago“well-regulated” does not mean what you think it means.
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoOf course… it means whatever someone needs it to mean.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoThat’s not how words work.
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoOf course it is. 14th amendment has been twisted to meet one’s needs as well.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIf you want to live in alternate facts land, Fox News is over there - - - - - - - - - - - >
minus-squarenexguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThat’s my point exactly. Conservatives have manipulated the constitution to match their needs. Have they not?
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoEveryone attempts that. We need to stop letting them get away with it, not do away with the concept of the Constitution.
The “well regulated” portion seems to enjoy being ignored still.
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) - the US Supreme Court decided that the Founding Fathers put that “well-regulated militia” bit in as a joke nvm.
“well-regulated” does not mean what you think it means.
Of course… it means whatever someone needs it to mean.
That’s not how words work.
Of course it is. 14th amendment has been twisted to meet one’s needs as well.
If you want to live in alternate facts land, Fox News is over there - - - - - - - - - - - >
That’s my point exactly. Conservatives have manipulated the constitution to match their needs. Have they not?
Everyone attempts that. We need to stop letting them get away with it, not do away with the concept of the Constitution.