tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post1088721146238497461..comments2024-03-28T13:10:44.555-04:00Comments on Iliocentrism: An Important Constitutional PointIlíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-41014049577468931002010-08-09T11:58:07.194-04:002010-08-09T11:58:07.194-04:00Well, sort of. I'm not exactly sure it works, ...Well, sort of. I'm not exactly sure it works, but I think you basically just have to *argue* that your claim is based on the Fourteenth Amendment. But it's not like that judge was fair and unbiased, anyway.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143205583006210792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-36061215249582320692010-08-09T11:48:48.183-04:002010-08-09T11:48:48.183-04:00"The Fourteenth Amendment was written to unde..."<i>The Fourteenth Amendment was written to undermine the states, and it wouldn't very easily serve that purpose if the "appropriate legislation" could only be heard by one court.</i>"<br /><br />You're wholly missing my point -- by pursuing the case in an inferior court, the Obama administration and judge of that the inferior court, by accepting the case, have <i>Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-68032706865541310302010-08-09T11:18:16.781-04:002010-08-09T11:18:16.781-04:00The Fourteenth Amendment was written to undermine ...The Fourteenth Amendment was written to undermine the states, and it wouldn't very easily serve that purpose if the "appropriate legislation" could only be heard by one court. Granted, the amendment was rather poorly and vaguely drafted. But although the Fourteenth Amendment has done a great deal of harm, really I think it's been activist Leftist judges that have done most of Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143205583006210792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-11641831110106564872010-08-09T08:39:12.383-04:002010-08-09T08:39:12.383-04:00Also, I wonder whether the 14th might serve as a b...Also, I wonder whether the 14th might serve as a basis for eliminating the illegal alien bonus to representation in Congress.<br /><br />I mean, even aside from the fact that simple reason should neven have allowed the bonus to exist in the first place.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-14348196584094964562010-08-09T08:29:07.604-04:002010-08-09T08:29:07.604-04:00"Congress shall have power to enforce this ar..."<i>Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.</i>" <br /><br />Well! The un-Civil War certainly did a number on the concept of enumerated powers in the governance of the United States, didn't it? That clause first appears in the 13th. <br /><br />Who knew that such a simple sentence could essentially repeal the entire Constitution?<br /><br /><Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-32327226670082428572010-08-09T02:13:44.069-04:002010-08-09T02:13:44.069-04:00The current idea is that for suits under the Fourt...The current idea is that for suits under the Fourteenth Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment overrides Article III because the amendment was written later. And Congress has the authority to enforce it with "appropriate legislation."Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14143205583006210792noreply@blogger.com