Tag: Antonin Scalia

• The Second Amendment Emperor Is Naked: He Doesn’t “OWN” Anything!

  It’s not a hard ask. All I want is for someone to point to the word “own” anywhere in the Second Amendment. I’ve been putting this idea out there now for a couple of weeks and the only argument that comes back – other than I’m an idiot (for pointing out a true thing) – […]

  A L Katz

  June 28, 2022

  Gun Control, Magical Thinking, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, Second Amendment

  Antonin Scalia, Colonial America, Gun manufacturers, Heller, Individual Gun Ownership, James Madison, Keep and bear arms, NRA, Second Amendment, Well Regulated Militia

• Antonin Scalia Ended Our Gun Debate: There Is No Right To Individual Gun Ownership

  Antonin Scalia doesn’t often get credit for being the “Daddy Of Gun Control”, but, in spite of himself, he is. In writing for the 5-4 majority in Heller, Scalia argued that one didn’t have to be part of any militia in order to keep and bear arms. Individuals could “keep and bear arms” in accordance […]

  A L Katz

  June 13, 2022

  Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Gun Control

  Antonin Scalia, Bill Of Rights, English Common Law, Gun Control, Heller, Individual Gun Ownership, James Madison, Keep and bear arms, Right to bear arms, Second Amendment

• America’s Gun Crisis Is Foundational But Fixable – Just Like Chicago’s John Hancock Tower

  We tell ourselves this every day now: no other country has the gun problem America has. Gun violence happens here the way peace and quiet happen everywhere else. It’s the missing guns that make the difference. Part of why our gun problem feels intractable is because we make it that way. It doesn’t have to […]

  A L Katz

  June 9, 2022

  Corruption, Culture, Gun Control, Racism, SCOTUS, Second Amendment, Slavery

  875 North Michigan Avenue, Antonin Scalia, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7, Comcast Spectator, Ed Snider, Gun Control, Heller, James Madison, Jerry Wolman, John Hancock CEnter, Philadelphia Eagles, Second Amendment

• Has Anyone Mentioned That There IS NO RIGHT To “Gun Ownership” In The Second Amendment?

  We keep having the same “gun arguments” – more guns vs fewer guns – because we assume those are the only “gun arguments” to be made. That, somehow, over time, we’ve made all the anti-gun arguments there are. Well, I’m here to tell ya that’s bullshit!!! I think there’s one argument staring us in the […]

  A L Katz

  June 8, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, False Patriotism

  "Keep and bear arms", Antonin Scalia, Bag Bambu, Bill Of Rights, Gun Control, Heller, Right To Own Guns, Second Amendment, Supreme Court, Warren Berger, Well Regulated Militia

• Literal Pages Ripped From “The Conservative Playbook”

  It’s not a coincidence that conservatives are far, far better at marching in lock step than liberals or progressives – or even independents. Across cultures, conservatism produces better goose-steppers than progressivism ever could even on progressivism’s very “best day”. It all comes down to the Playbook. Conservatives have one while progressives and independents don’t. That’s […]

  A L Katz

  April 17, 2022

  American News Media, Barack Obama, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Conservatism, Conservatives, Cynicism, E Pluribus Unum, Monotheism, Originalism, Permanent Minority Rule, Voice Of God, White Supremacy, Will Rogers

• Conservatism = The Death Of Innovation

  I take conservatives and conservatism at their word: they’re all about conserving things. My question is always: “what?”. What is it exactly that any conservative wants to conserve? It can’t be the future, of course, because the future – not existing yet – can’t be conserved. That leaves the present and past for conservatives. Okay… […]

  A L Katz

  March 24, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, New Ways of Thinking, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Authoritarianism, Conservatives, E Pluribus Unum, Founding Fathers, Innovation, Maya Angelou, Originalism, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Winston Churchill

• Some Americans (White Ones) Think They’re The “Most Equal” Americans Of All

  The white, Christian, land-owning authors of America’s Constitution set us up for failure the moment they penned “All men are created equal” without actually meaning “all men”. They screwed the pooch just as badly (if not worse) by meaning JUST men. So, the fix was in from the start. America was doomed because while aspiring […]

  A L Katz

  December 6, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Freedom, Republicanism, Slavery, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Constitution, American Exceptionalism, Antonin Scalia, Bill Of Rights, Conservatism, Democracy, Diversity, E Pluribus Unum, Originalism, Slavery, Stolen Labor

• “Originalism” is Racism In A Judicial Robe

  I almost admire the conservative ability to wardrobe utter bullcrap as serious legal argument — and get away with it. “Originalism” is one hundred percent pure, unadulterated bullcrap. The tell? It holds this truth to be “self evident” — that “all men are created equal”. Except the white, Christian, land-owning men who wrote and stood […]

  A L Katz

  November 19, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Racism, Republicanism, SCOTUS, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Bible and Slavery, Civil War, Diversity, E Pluribus Unum, Miscegeny, Originalism, Paul Brest, Republican agenda, Slavery

• Dear America: Can We PLEASE Stop Coddling Corruption?

  I will never forget that feeling of dread that kicked in the instant that Donald Trump was declared the winner of election 2016. It wasn’t just losing an election. This felt different from just losing an election. It felt different, in fact, from Antonin Scalia stepping outside all precedent to MAKE George W. Bush president. […]

  A L Katz

  June 6, 2021

  American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Bush v Gore, E Pluribus Unum, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Republican corruption, The Root Of All Evil, Vladimir Putin, Worship Of Money

• The Bill Of Rights Says Originalism Is BS

  The US Constitution — as originally written and ratified — did NOT include freedom of speech or the press or religion or assembly or any of the other specific rights enumerated in the Bill Of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Did you catch that word — “amendments”? The Constitution’s framers built the […]

  A L Katz

  October 30, 2020

  Election 2016, Freedom, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Rule of Law, SCOTUS

  Antonin Scalia, Bill Of Rights, Constitution's framers, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the Press, James Madison, Originalism, Rule of Law, US Constitution, work in progress