TheWorx

I love protests. If I had been allowed to protest homework and other indignities, I would have turned out a much better person. I had to wait until college to start expressing my 1st Amendment rights--then, against the Vietnam War. That is why it struck a dissonant chord with me when President Obama said that although Kaepernick was within his Constitutional rights to protest, the veteran was hurt by it and he, the President, could understand why. I beg to differ with the President. Unless you are part of the club--properly initiated--you cannot empathize with the other members of the group.When I condemn the doctor or the lawyer for greed, I cannot relate to their hurt feelings. When I condemn the teacher or policeman for union excesses, what do I know how they feel. When I condemn the rich man or the legislator, how can I know the hurt? Likewise, the President cannot know what it is like to sleight the government that sends a man to war unless he has gone through all the initiatio...

Justice Stevens recently wrote a book in which he proposes certain amendments intended to eliminate many contemporary problems in constitutional law.  See this DailyKos article.   His proposed amendments are in red while my comments  are in black.  A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms when serving in the Militia, shall not be infringed. "When serving in the Militia" is problematic. What is a militia? Is it in fact the National Guard of a given state? If so, that doesn't go well with the necessity "to the security of a free State" because that's why we have the U.S. Army. If it's not the National Guard, then, what is it? Whatever it is, it is something other than the guard or the army. I submit that it is something created by citizens to protect themselves from a despotic government. We should recall that at th...