{"id":3275,"date":"2008-06-26T09:17:57","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T16:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3275"},"modified":"2008-06-26T13:57:10","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T20:57:10","slug":"elections-really-do-have-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3275\/elections-really-do-have-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections Really DO Have Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"

When All Else Fails – Pay Attention To The High Court<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a 5-4 decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court today, the court has struck down the 32 year-old ban on handguns in Washington D. C. – and elsewhere, for that matter.<\/p>\n

I find it less interesting that the court ruled against the gun ban. After all, the ban was an obvious encroachment on a citizen’s constitutional rights. What is interesting to me is that four<\/strong> of the Justices Supreme reasoned that the ban was constitutional<\/em>.<\/p>\n

How is it that these four dissenting Justices fail to understand the Founding Fathers? Were the Founders unclear about their belief that the citizens should not only have the right to bear arms – they should take up arms against a tyrannical government?<\/p>\n

Bill of Rights – First Amendment – free speech – check.<\/p>\n

Second Amendment – right to bear arms – check.<\/p>\n

I’m no legal scholar, but it seems that gun rights were high on their list of priorities.<\/p>\n

A 5-4 decision is no slam dunk. Yes, it’s a ruling… but without the kind of consensus I would like to see. Look at some of the recent rulings, like bestowing habeus corpus rights upon enemy combatants captured on the battlefield. Wow… so now the terrorists can make a mockery of our legal system.<\/p>\n

A recent decision (Kelo vs City of New London<\/a>) regarding eminent domain – another 5-4 decision – further eroded property rights by allowing governments to seize property to be conveyed to a developer for private redevelopment.<\/p>\n

You might be coming to the conclusion that – once again – we have been given another election cycle of less-than-perfect choices. Seriously flawed candidates on all sides. Yep – suck it up. We’re hosed.<\/p>\n

May I ask that you consider the high court in your decision this year?<\/p>\n

Our rights and freedoms are constantly under attack, and since the Supreme Court is the ultimate ‘check and balance’ in our system of governance – it is increasingly important that you consider the kind of jurists that a President will nominate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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