No Amendment safe

If the courts can gut the Second Amendment as they've done in cities like Washington, D.C.; New York, Chicago and San Francisco, can they also gut the 13th Amendment ban on slavery?

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
If the courts can gut the Second Amendment as they've done in cities like Washington, D.C.; New York, Chicago and San Francisco, can they also gut the 13th Amendment ban on slavery?

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
If the courts can gut the Second Amendment as they've done in cities like Washington, D.C.; New York, Chicago and San Francisco, can they also gut the 13th Amendment ban on slavery?

Originally posted by mbakunin
do you want slavery to return?

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Of course not -- I'm using the literary devise known as "hyperbole" to make my argument.

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
If the courts can gut the Second Amendment as they've done in cities like Washington, D.C.; New York, Chicago and San Francisco, can they also gut the 13th Amendment ban on slavery?

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
If the courts can gut the Second Amendment as they've done in cities like Washington, D.C.; New York, Chicago and San Francisco, can they also gut the 13th Amendment ban on slavery?

Originally posted by PinkFloyd
I fear the courts can do anything nowadays--take weapons, take private property "for public good", whatever that means, so sure, nothing is off the table.

Originally posted by mbakunin
do you want slavery to return?

Originally posted by mbakunin
[b]the meaning of the second amendment is disputed.b]

Originally posted by rookedpawn
What is there to dispute? "shall not be infringed" means "shall not be infringed".

convicted felons should wear anklets with stun guns triggerable by any citizen in the area, wirelessly.

no minimum age. no insanity or moron defense.

Isn't the purpose of a constitutional amendment to make the constitution maintain its relevance?
So, if an amendment is irrelevant, then what's wrong with doing away with it?
These US ammendments seem to be treated like holy texts - they must be maintained at all costs. I would've thought that the constitution and its amendments were simply useful working documents for a nation.

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
If the courts can gut the Second Amendment as they've done in cities like Washington, D.C.; New York, Chicago and San Francisco, can they also gut the 13th Amendment ban on slavery?