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Wow, major ruling against California. I have a feeling this will absolutely be heading to the U.S. Supreme Court. Yet another ruling that shows guns have more rights than people do in the US.

 

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No surprise. Has any Amendment been repealed since the Prohibition BS? Even some of the most liberal Supreme Courts are not touching those sacred Amendments from 18th century :lol:

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45 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

No surprise. Has any Amendment been repealed since the Prohibition BS? Even some of the most liberal Supreme Courts are not touching those sacred Amendments from 18th century :lol:

You are correct. No amendment other than Prohibition has ever been repealed. The Amendments (of which there are 27) were not part of the original Constitution drafted in 1788. They are additions to the Constitution that are ratified by either a 2/3 majority in both legislative houses of government, or by 3/4 of individual state legislators. The first 10 amendments are known as the “Bill of Rights” and were added to the Constitution immediately after ratification. The 2nd Amendment is part of this group, and was added mainly because of the colonists distrust of a central government. The other amendments (11-27) have been added over time. The last amendment ratified was the 27th Amendment in 1992.

 

The U.S. Supreme Court (which currently has a conservative majority of 5-4) does not have here authority to overturn a Constitutional Amendment per say, but there is the possibility they could do it if the amendment in question violated another part of the Constitution. Realistically, the only way to “kill” the 2nd Amendment, would be to repeal that amendment with another amendment like we did with Prohibition.

 

The U.S. Constitution isn’t perfect, by a long shot, but it is arguably one of the best governing documents out there. Most democratic constitutions are modeled after the U.S. Constitution.

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US Postal Service Workers Union has come out in support of Joe Biden, since Trump is threatening to destroy their livelihood in order to win the election.

 

At nearly the same time NYPD Police Union has come out in support of Trump, since they believe Biden will pass reforms they do not want passed.

 

It’s not exactly common to see government workers unions openly choosing sides in an election, so I think this is just a sign the turbulent and hard-fought election season that is upon us.

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16 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

so I think this is just a sign the turbulent and hard-fought election season that is upon us.

 

I don't even want to think what will happen if either Biden or Trump win... gonna be insane

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On 14/08/2020 at 09:28, Dolby said:

MbS and MbZ are quite close to each other. There is no chance that UAE took this step without discussing with Saudis. I fully expect Saudis to have similar deal soon. Also, it is not just about looking good internationally, it is about better defined camps in anticipation of war: USA+Arabs+Israel vs Iran+Turkey+China. 

 

Trump, Netanyahu and MbZ would have been front-runners for this years Nobel Peace Prize but I am sure 1) This year's Nobel would go to Covid Warriors and 2) There is no way Nobel Committee's politics would allow them to honour Trump and Bibi. 

 

What is 'Covid Warriors'? Never heard of them and Google doesn't really help neither :p 

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Lukashenko just stated that Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Netherlands started to invading his country :rofl::roflmao::crazy:

 

Russia, Ukraine....even Poland, sure. But why this totally random addition of the Netherlands? :lol: 

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What is 'Covid Warriors'? Never heard of them and Google doesn't really help neither :p 

That is the collective term being used in India for Healthcare, Police, Sanitation and others who kept on working even during lockdown. 

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