A question for our right wing posters.

[Sean]

Leaving aside the economic arguments, why would you want a a president that would swing the SCOTUS right?

 

[ziti_the_noodle]

To nip creative intrepretation of the constitution in the bud.

-ziti

 

[RobDownSouth]

"to protect preborn babbies".

 

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[Ohiorob]

Never considered myself right winger.....but certainly lean right.

Federal government has lost it's way. It's involved in much that is not Constitutionally mandated to the federal government and is shirking responsibilities that are mandated (border security/immigration).

Haulting the growth of the federal government will require legislation, executive AND a more conservative court.

The Kagan people cannot even consider why she should recuse herself from the Obamacare ruling. That speaks volumes about left leaning justices.

 

[ziti_the_noodle]

Now I'm upset with myself for answering such a dumb question.

-ziti

 

[Sean]

To force the government back into the restraints of the Constitution, to halt the unauthorized expansion of government power.

Remind me where the constitution prescribes what a US citizen can do with her body?

 

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[RobDownSouth]

Show me where the right to privacy is mentioned in the Constitution.

It's not.

The right to privacy was declared to be "implied" by the Supreme Court when Godless conservatives attempted to legislate morality and ban contraceptives to everyone except married folks. See: Griswold vs. Connecticut.

Now that I've answered your question, I'll ask you one: does the government have any business regulating morality? If so, where does it stop?

 

[Sean]

Show me where the right to privacy is mentioned in the Constitution.

*buzz*

Answer the question, bigot.

 

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[Sean]

Ask me nice. In the meantime, show me where it grants a right to abortion.

The constitution doesn't grant rights, it puts limits on government. Show me where it allows the gubmint to tell a woman what to do with her body.

 

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[Colonel Hogan]

Now that I've answered your question, I'll ask you one: does the government have any business regulating morality? If so, where does it stop?

You mean like racial and gender discrimination?

I've found that both liberals and conservatives have specific "moral" behaviors they feel government should regulate, and that regulation should stop when government seeks to regulate outside the particular "hot buttons" of bias.

 

[Sean]

I already have.

The Constitution isn't about what is implied when it comes to government power, it's about what is enumerated. Vast penumbras carved out over time by activist jurists have almost smothered out liberty and concentrated enormous power in the central government. It needs to be reigned in.

So you agree?

 

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[Sean]

The fact is the government can infringe upon your life, liberty, or property, as long as there's due process and we've had a right to be heard.

Which bit of the constitution says that?

 

[richard_daily]

The fact is the government can infringe upon your life, liberty, or property, as long as there's due process and we've had a right to be heard.

You had the right to be heard in Roe vs. Wade.

The SCOTUS ruled against you.

 

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[Sean]

Agree to what? You haven't offered anything except questions, which I've answered.

You agree that the government has no right to decide what a US citizen does with her womb?

 

[John Doe]

You mean like racial and gender discrimination?

I've found that both liberals and conservatives have specific "moral" behaviors they feel government should regulate, and that regulation should stop when government seeks to regulate outside the particular "hot buttons" of bias.

Indeed.

Government regulates morality all the time. After all, laws are just legislated morality. When someone asks "but isn't [insert law here] just legislating morality?" what that really means to me is the person speaking would rather not legislate that particular moral.

 

[Sean]

The Fifth Amendment.

The 5th says you can infringe "The fact is the government can infringe upon your life, liberty, or property, as long as there's due process and we've had a right to be heard."

Really? Where?

 

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