It seems like there's a group of liberal profs that are claiming that
the 2nd amendment was never ratified. From their webpage:
"Scholars for Constitutional Accuracy, a non-partisan, non-profit
organization, has reached the conclusion that the second amendment of
the United States Constitution was, in fact, never ratified. The
much-debated second amendment dealt with the right to bear arms. As a
result of this discovery the second amendment no longer carries
constitutional weight."
This argument has already been settled in federal court regarding the
same issues with the 16th Amendment in _United States v. Thomas_ 788
F.2d 1250, 1252 (7th Cir. 1986).
Patriot Post 5-30-08 ... “The Constitution shall never be construed... ... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.” —Samuel Adams ... There is no more important constitutional issue than that of defending the plain language and original intent of the Second Amendment.... The Supreme Court will announce its decision in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller in June, and that decision will likely have far-reaching implications for the “interpretation” of our Constitution’s most important provision. ... (talk.politics.guns)
Re: Dave Kopels Second Amendment Newsletter ...Constitution, like a US Supreme Court justice, who says ... certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, ... The second amendment declares that it ... "The people of the United States resident within any State ... (talk.politics.guns)
Re: DC v Heller: Amicus Brief of the Real Linguists, Part I ... If you'd ever seen a picture of the Second Amendment in action... ... Have you found the part in the Constitution that says I can't have ... You failed to refute a single point I made, or the evidence that backed it up. ... It leaves it up to THE STATES to deal with it, and thus, under the 10th Amen, STATES can say you can't have a gun, and the Const thus OKs the ability of states to do that, as the courts have consistently ruled. ... (talk.politics.guns)
Congressional amicus DC v Heller. 55 Senators,The USVP, 250 Representatives. ... The Amici Curiae include Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, the lead member, and 54 other members of the United States Senate; the President of the United States Senate; and 250 members of the United States House of Representatives. ... Like the rest of the Bill of Rights, the Second Amendment was proposed to the States by the Congress in 1789. ... On several occasions, in different epochs of American history, the Congress enacted statutory texts which explicitly declared its understanding of the Second Amendment as guaranteeing fundamental, individual rights. ... Congress interprets the Constitution in deciding what laws to pass. ... (talk.politics.guns)
Re: Dave Kopels Second Amendment Newsletter ...RKBA was *not* granted by the Second Amendment. ... commentator on the US Constitution who says the US ... The second amendment declares that it shall not be infringed; but this, as has been seen, means no more than that it shall not be infringed by Congress. ... "The people of the United States resident within any State are subject to two governments: one State, and the other National; but there need be no conflict between the two. ... (talk.politics.guns)
