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Showing posts with label Supreme Ct penumbra doctrine. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Gregory Kane laments that he is going to miss Justice John Paul Stevens

Gregory Kane says: It's going to be hard to miss Justice Stevens and gives insight into the "the "penumbra" (interpretation) of the Constitution..."

By: GREGORY KANE Examiner Staff Writer July 1, 2010


"At least five Supreme Court justices understand what the Second Amendment says. The remaining four need a lesson in the meaning of liberty.Earlier this week the high court ruled that handgun bans like the one in Chicago are unconstitutional. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito said that the right to bear arms "applies equally to the federal government and the states.""

"Writing for the minority, Justice John Paul Stevens offered this whimper: "(this decision) could prove far more destructive -- quite literally -- to our nation's communities and to our constitutional structure."

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"Those rights -- like, say, for instance, the right to own a handgun to defend your home and person -- Stevens would just as well see remain rooted so deeply in the "penumbra" of the Constitution that they will be all but forgotten. This penumbra business got started in 1964."


Examiner Columnist Gregory Kane: "But I do know what to say to the departing...":

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/It_s-going-to-be-hard-to-miss-Justice-Stevens-97484449.html

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