CNN's Toobin: 'Preposterous' to Believe in 2nd Amend. Right Back at Harvard

NewsBusters.org ^ | 7/15/2009 | Matthew Balan

[LibLieSlayer]

toobsmoker is to the left of stalin... only a communist regime like cnn would call him conservative.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

ALL THREE!

LLS

[Ted Grant]

The educated, enlightened view is that The Bill of Rights detail individual rights, except the 2nd amendment, which is a collective right. As evidence of this, the advocates offer...nothing particularly compelling.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

Eh, I’ve always thought it was preposterous how journalists think their actions are completely blanketed by the Freedom of the Press clause. Honestly, I find it even more preposterous that any law school actually gave Toobin a law degree.

[grey_whiskers]

I mean what is a thief, or a burglar ? At their core they are liberal socialists. A burglar sees a disparity in wealth distribution and proceeds to redistribute your wealth without your consent.

To quote G.K. Chesterton:

"Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it."

Cheers!

[headstamp 2]

I was under the impression that the 2nd Amendment as it’s part of the original Bill of Rights could not be changed or revoked through the amendment process.

[grey_whiskers]

The Ivy League:

Harvard

Yale

Princeton

Cornell

Brown

Dartmouth

Columbia

Penn

Cheers!

[popdonnelly]

Assuming that the authors of the Constitution were fairly intelligent, educated people, why did they put the Second Amendment in the Constitution? Mr. Toobin, your answer?

[Natural Law]

The Second Amendment is an absolute right. The founders did not limit it or defer some power to the states by stating that “Congress shall pass no laws”. They stated categorically that the right “shall not be infringed”.

[hsalaw]

“When I was in law school...the idea that you had a Second Amendment right to a gun was considered preposterous...."

Where did this fool go to law school? Zimbawbe? Everyone who takes constitutional law (not as taught by the anti-American Obummer) learns about the "Second Amendment right to a gun." It's right there; just after the First Amendment and right before the Third.

[MarkL]

I once heard that if liberals interpreted the second amendment the way they interpret the first amendment not only would people have a right to own a handgun but they would also have a right to own a ballistic missile. Plus not only would they have the right to own a ICBM but everyone should honor and praise the people for owning a missile and a failure to do that would be considered highly intolerant.

That is no longer the case. Since the Maoists and Stalinists took over the left, the whole concept of "freedom of the press" is only protected as far as the official government line. The really scary thing is that the vast majority of "liberals" seem to be unaware that they've become "useful idiots" for the hard liners, who would be right at home in China or North Korea. As far as the official line on the first amendment by the left goes, is you have freedom of expression, as long as they approve of it.

Mark

[hsalaw]

This man is either ignorant, stupid or he is a bald-faced liar.

I choose (D): All of the above.

[headstamp 2]

If liberals read and interpreted the 2nd Amendment the way they do the rest of the Constitution, gun ownership would be mandatory.

Rush Limbaugh

[smokingfrog]

...when I was in law school...

Well, there's your problem right there.

[MileHi]

Well, courts used to say, well, this only affects the rights of state militias.

Yes, to justify denying the right to Negros.

[Red in Blue PA]

Bet you anything Toobin lives in a gated community.

[A Strict Constructionist]

“This man is either ignorant, stupid or he is a bald-faced liar.”

Harvard Law graduate says it all.

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[JohnD9207]

Jeffrey Toobin is a IDIOT! And a poor reader too boot.

I wonder what his address is ? A victim waiting for a hood!

[TonyInOhio]

It all began with Andy Griffith only allowing Barney Fife one bullet. Who knew how that was going to blow back on us?