Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
One of the scariest posts I've seen.Bitching and bashing is just a matter of perspective.
AOC declares Democrats a 'center-conservative' party: We don't have a 'left party' in this country
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., concluded on Monday that the Democratic Party is a "center or center-conservative" party and how there currently isn't a "left" party in the United States.www.foxnews.com
Well this has gone from substantive discussion about policies to help reduce gun violence to the usual silliness. Too bad.
Loud and loquacious but leerily listened.Bitching and bashing is just a matter of perspective.
AOC declares Democrats a 'center-conservative' party: We don't have a 'left party' in this country
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., concluded on Monday that the Democratic Party is a "center or center-conservative" party and how there currently isn't a "left" party in the United States.www.foxnews.com
"Protect and defend the Constitution" and standing laws, but the oath does not include the term "interpret".Why do people continue to trot out the talking point of a sheriff deciding what is and isn’t constitutional? Last I checked, that ole boy doesn’t sit on the bench.
Should we also take Sheriff Arpaio at his word when he says public land is unconstitutional and the feds have no jurisdiction just because he has his belt on a little too tight and a shiny badge on his chest?
It’s really not that complicated. As an officer, he’s helping to defend the Constitution. The power belongs to the people, not the central government.Why do people continue to trot out the talking point of a sheriff deciding what is and isn’t constitutional? Last I checked, that ole boy doesn’t sit on the bench.
Should we also take Sheriff Arpaio at his word when he says public land is unconstitutional and the feds have no jurisdiction just because he has his belt on a little too tight and a shiny badge on his chest?
We the people have chosen to have a constitutional form of government where the right to interpret the Constitution is vested in the Supreme Court - not local officials. For the same reason elected school boards can’t cling to “seperate but equal”, county clerks can‘t require heterosexual status for marriage and individual cities like SanFran and Berkeley can’t declare immigration law unconstitutional. If every Tom Dick and Harry holding any office at any level of government gets to develop a set of personal constitutional standards then we no longer are a “nation of laws, not men” - in fact at that point we have no nation, just anarchy.It’s really not that complicated. As an officer, he’s helping to defend the Constitution. The power belongs to the people, not the central government.
You're right, it's not.It’s really not that complicated. As an officer, he’s helping to defend the Constitution. The power belongs to the people, not the central government.
You're right, it's not.
The Sheriff is the executive branch. Uphold laws.
The constitution is written by the legislative branch. Make the laws.
But there's the batshit crazy third leg to our government called the Judicial branch.... they ALONE get to decide if a law is actually legal or in this case "constitutional".
If you think the Sheriff can act as judiciary then he might as well start rewriting the constitution himself as you've thrown out the idea of "checks and balances"
Nailed it. Folks would have a conniption fit the first time a sheriff expanded search and seizure powers because he didn't feel like current case law was constitutional.You're right, it's not.
The Sheriff is the executive branch. Uphold laws.
The constitution is written by the legislative branch. Make the laws.
But there's the batshit crazy third leg to our government called the Judicial branch.... they ALONE get to decide if a law is actually legal or in this case "constitutional".
If you think the Sheriff can act as judiciary then he might as well start rewriting the constitution himself as you've thrown out the idea of "checks and balances"
What's even less complicated is he's simply stumping for votes during a TV op. Elected sheriffs do not have the authority to determine constitutionality of laws. He can direct his deputies to not enforce the law, but by doing so is exposing himself, his staff, and the county to both civil and criminal liability.It’s really not that complicated. As an officer, he’s helping to defend the Constitution. The power belongs to the people, not the central government.
You mean like Mayors interpreting Fed Immi Law?
Well 358 Win did get this thread about 10 posts closer to the 250 mark without too much angst and drama.385Win - you know you’ve really put your foot in it, when you cause neffa3 and I to agree on something
Only 31 posts to go before I can call somebody a NaziWell 358 Win did get this thread about 10 posts closer to the 250 mark without too much angst and drama.