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You disgrace your uniform by showing such low character, when you slander and insult good men without any knowledge of them. When you say consider the source - well, that is the source of your comments, and all should consider it when reading your posts.

Yes, and everyone can see how much classs you have with your namecalling like a 4 year old. It seems 3 fingers are pointing back at you when you accuse me - you hypocrite. My comment was directed at every liberal judge who usurps powers not given by law, and who rules that babies can be killed in the womb. I live in America - I don't answer to you. I hereby challenge you to call me a coward or lowlife to my face or call me a disgrace to my uniform - you must feel real safe with your namecalling in your little cocoon behind your computer - no doubt you are one of those guys who cut people off on the freeway while using sign language. Do you have a bumper sticker on your care that says "Horn broke, watch for finger?" Tell you what - anytime you think you are MAN ENOUGH to say those words to my face, just send me a private e-mail and we'll try to set it up.

Is the holding of slaves as property an unchanging absolute moral principle? Or did the Supreme Court have the right and obligation to change this after the passage of time?

Is this the question? The answer is that slavery has always been wrong as our D of I clearly states. If this issue had been raised in 1787, a republic would have been impossible. However, that is no excuse, and it resulted in the most bloody of wars. The framers acknowledged that chattel slavery was wrong but were perplexed as to how to deal with it. The Supreme Court didn't abolish slavery, War, Lincoln and the 13th amendment combined to abolish it once and for all. In fact, the SCOTUS upheld it in Dred Scott. Courts don't make laws remember (I know that's tough for you to accept). The framers weren't perfect, but they were not moral relativists and machiavellian pragmatists as many justices are today. There, I answered your question. You must have been taught the revisionist version of history eh?