Posted on 07/27/2005 11:38:09 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
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You know what isn’t mentioned as being the supreme law of the land? Legal precident. You know what else isn’t mentioned as being the supreme law of the land? Foreign law.
I love how the press continues to write big long articles about what Democrats--who are out of power, out of touch and out of luck--"think". And I use the word "think" in the loosest possible manner.
Leahy: what a Clymer!
BFD!!! Does anybody really care what Chuckie and Leaky think or say other than as daily humor?
That would be 2 votes against. Throw in Dim Harry Read and you have 3 votes against. 97 votes for. Even if all the Dims stood up and voted against him, that would still not be enough to block his confirmation.
Chuck Schummer is not a bigoted, hard-left ideological activist with an agenda?....I didn't know he wasn 't an activisit...what crap....
Have you noticed that even the pro-abort commentators are quietly acknowledging that Roe is horribly written? Things are inching our way, but it is truly ugly to watch the other side in action, and to realize that most of the time, say, a quarter or occasionally even a half of the country is in agreement with them!
Presumably, Leahy would also insist that Dred Scott is "established legal precedent", as well.
In other words, Chuckie, he has an aversion to you.
They have struck down parts of the Violence Against Women Act, environmental acts, child safety legislation.
This foolish man Leahy has it so backwards.
Now, striking down legislation that one believes is Unconstitutional is activist.
He is moronic. He should retire peacefully to a pasture somewhere. Either that or he is following Orwellian tactics of black is white and up is down.
Ditto!
"They've knocked down all these, basically writing the law themselves," Leahy added. "I want to find out if he's going to be as active as this - as people like Justice (Antonin) Scalia and Justice (Clarence) Thomas, who have almost willy-nilly overruled things."
Leaky Leahy gets my vote for dumbest comment of the day. Anybody who says that two justices can overrule the other seven is clearly not suited for the Judiciary Committee, let alone US Senator.
And Democrats have the gall to call W an idiot?
Leahy is truly an idiot to compare Brown v. Board of Ed to the "established precident" of Roe v. Wade. I hate to break it to Leahy, but BEFORE Brown, Jackasses like Leahy used to INSIST Plessy v. Fergonson was the "established law of the land" and segregation was constitutional.
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