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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Those same founders also acknowledged that the militia MAY fall to disarray.
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And as soon as that happens, it's no longer well regulated and the issue is moot. If the militia issue is moot, the Supreme Court needs to step in and make a modern ruling on the interpretation of the Amendment. As they have.
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If so, how long til the right to privacy or speedy trial becomes moot?
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Slippery Slope.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
If you can tell me, with all honesty, that the framers of the constitution knew that their rights could come and go with the changing times and show me absolute proof of this in their writings, then i'll be the first to apologize.
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The Amendment process is perfect and indisputable evidence of this. The right to own slaves, which was in the Constitution once upon a time (Article 1, Sections 2, 4, and 9), has since disappeared because of the amendment process (14th).