The Hemingway Report

Monday, October 24, 2016

The Constitution is subject to 'reasonable regulation'?

The Handwriting Is On The Wall

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Here comes the bullshit:

WSJ: No Hillary, The Heller Decision Does Not Endanger Toddlers

In a fact-check on the gun claims Hillary Clinton made during the last presidential debate, the Wall Street Journal reports that she “misleadingly suggested” the District of Columbia v Heller (2008) decision endangers toddlers.

WSJ goes on to show that Heller was not about toddlers but about the Washington, D.C. handgun ban, which took effect in 1976.

The discussion of Heller arose after debate moderator Chris Wallace pointed out that in 2015, Clinton said, “the Supreme Court is wrong on the Second Amendment.” Her statement was in reference to the Heller decision, so Wallace asked if she would explain why she believed the decision was a mistake.

Clinton said:

I disagreed with the way the court applied the Second Amendment in that case, because what the District of Columbia was trying to do was to protect toddlers from guns. So they wanted people with guns to safely store them.

Clinton also admitted being “upset” by the decision and reiterated her suggestion that toddlers would be endangered by it.

(“reasonable regulation”)
defined

WSJ quoted Clinton saying the Supreme Court’s decision represented a rejection of “reasonable regulation.” Then WSJ showed that her claim “glossed over the thrust of the city’s gun law, which effectively barred private ownership of handguns.” In other words, Heller was not about toddlers but about the nature of the fundamental rights protected by the Second Amendment.

WSJ quoted a Clinton spokesman who attempted to justify the anti-Hellerstatements by “[noting] that attorneys for the District of Columbia did argue in the case that the city’s weapons regulations were meant to protect children.” But the paper explains that even though “the high court’s majority did consider a secondary question about the storage of firearms, …[that consideration was] only in the context of the right of a citizen to use a handgun for self-defense.”

Again, Heller was about the nature of fundamental rights, not about toddlers.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Randy and Bill

Friday, October 21, 2016

In 1980 the Supreme Court awarded the Sioux tribe 106 million dollars as compensation for land that was taken from them

The Sioux refused to accept the payment, and the money remains in the US Treasury to this day, accruing interest. $106 million dollar figure was based on the land value of 1877. The Supreme Court awarded eight Sioux tribes $106 million in compensation—the 1877 value of $17.5 million, plus interest. The Sioux Nation has refused to accept the award, saying they want their land returned. The money is held in accounts at the Treasury Department, accruing interest. As of 2011, the accounts are estimated to be valued at over $1 billion.

If I were them I would check my account. Because knowing this guy

Iran probably has their money.

Young Barack Obama biopic 'Barry' gets a teaser and release date

The 22nd Amendment precludes four more years of a Barack Obama presidency, which is good because we would be $30 trillion in debt instead of 20, but the U.S. Constitution has no authority over the number of Obama biopics released this year.

Netflix has revealed a teaser for “Barry,” its upcoming film starring Devon Terrell as a young Obama long before his days as a politician.

Directed by Vikram Gandhi, “Barry” is set in the fall of 1981 when Obama, known to his friends as Barry, later asshole, moves to New York to start his junior year at Columbia University. We'll finally get to see firsthand as they ~~delve into~~ avoid Barry presenting himself as a foreign exchange student from Kenya and the reason his college transcripts are sealed.

If you believe Barry's not lying I got a Bosnian sniper rifle I would like to sell you.

Hey, but lets not get caught up in trivialities.

The film was screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival before being acquired by Netflix.

The official description says the film will see Barry struggle to maintain relationships with his mother, father and friends while pulled between various social spheres “in a crime-ridden and racially charged environment.” Which gave him the foundation to run the most crime-ridden presidency of all time.