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jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 09:41 PM Oct 2014

Let's see just how absolutist Sam Brownstain is

The soon-to-be-ex governor of Kansas claims his state can continue to block same-sex marriage because the voters in Kansas put a same-sex marriage ban into the Kansas constitution, and a state constitution trumps the federal one.

So let's take this right to the edge of his little reality: There are several states that would, if asked, put a ban on handguns in their state's constitution. Follow along because I know this would be as unconstitutional as Brownstain's beloved marriage ban. I'm running down the list here: Massachusetts, which has always had strict gun control, would go for it. After Sandy Hook, we could probably get Connecticut. Hawaii almost certainly would, as would California. I'm not talking about any stinking "no new guns, but the old ones are grandfathered in" law, I mean a "get the things out of the state within thirty days and never bring one here again" ordinance. In Brownstain's world that would be okay because it's in a state's constitution, correct?

The far right needs to understand something, and understand it right now: The Constitution doesn't just protect the things you like.

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Let's see just how absolutist Sam Brownstain is (Original Post) jmowreader Oct 2014 OP
The last time some states felt that their state constitutions trumped the federal one, hobbit709 Oct 2014 #1
Well they cherry pick the Bible CanonRay Oct 2014 #2

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
1. The last time some states felt that their state constitutions trumped the federal one,
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 09:44 PM
Oct 2014

it didn't turn out so well for those states. I believe that was settled in 1865.

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