At 2003-04-26 17:38 +0000, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
At 05:41 PM 4/25/03 +0000, Justin wrote:
At 2003-04-25 16:31 +0000, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
But, Santorum needs to be tried & hung for what he meant.
Do you have plans to try and hang the Supreme Court Justices who upheld Sodomy laws in Bowers v Hardwick?
Violating the constitution is treason. Only state actors can violate the constitution.
Where'd you get that idea that private citizens can't violate the Constitution? Take a look at 18USC241, 242. Regardless, federal judges are certainly state actors, or at least they were when they committed treason and a change of status shouldn't make them immune to prosecution.
What about the significant minority of Americans who'd completely agree with Santorum's remarks?
I don't care if its a *majority*, the Constitution trumps democracy. Democracy is merely mob rule.
I'm well aware. I was only suggesting that there are many other people beside the not-so-distinguished Senator from Pennsylvania who are in desperate need of trial, rope, and tree. I'm confident that in a wide sampling of religiously-motivated fanatics in the U.S., Sen. Santorum would not rank even in the top thousand worst offenders. His comments, if anything, helped his opposition. I could hardly imagine the Supreme Court upholding the premise of Bowers v Hardwick this summer when they rule on the current case. Santorum's a harmless dinosaur. -- Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. They're also free to live their lives and do wonderful things. --Defense Secretariat, 2003-04-11