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Judge Jackson: 'I Do Not Hold a Position on Whether Individuals Possess Natural Rights' | CNSNews

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And the reality that a scotus candidate is not belittled and laughed out the room underscores the depth of the cancer in the fabric of this nation.
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  • Posted by CTYankee44 2 years ago
    OMG!!! If I were on the committee, I'd stand, call the bailiff / Sgt. at Arms, and say: "Please take the candidate into custody." If he protests, then I'd address him and say: "So you do believe that individuals possess natural rights? You believe that you possess the natural right of freedom from incarceration." If he demands to know what the charges are I'd say: "No charges. I'm simply testing your assertion that you "hold no position", which is clearly false, as you did not remain silent and protested the infringement on your individual natural rights."
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  • Posted by freedomforall 2 years ago
    Since she can't define this or anything else, obviously she has no rights whatsoever.
    She can't defend the US Constitution since she has no understanding of it.
    Since she lets convicted sex offenders off with light sentences, she doesn't
    understand the law, the only area that she claims to have any expertise.
    Obviously she would have no argument against being blamed for the actions
    of her ancestors who took others of her ancestors into slavery in Africa.
    Since she is at fault for such actions, she must be punished appropriately,
    for enslaving others.
    Her purpose for pursuing the position of SCOTUS judge must be to follow
    in the footsteps of the slaver ancestors and enslave some Americans to
    benefit others. Using her unearned, position of power for that horrid purpose
    is a high crime and requires that the greatest punishment be applied.
    What is the punishment for enslavement of innocents and treason?[/s]
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  • Posted by $ blarman 2 years ago
    Jackson is a disgrace. She can't define or take positions on fundamental concepts despite that being the cardinal role of someone sitting on that august body.

    To me, there ought to be a way to outright disqualify candidates who appear before the Senate who simply refuse to answer questions. I'm still trying to picture what form that would take, but I think that the notion of stonewalling and "filibustering" (not an appropriate use of the term for a nominee) to run out one's time of questioning should be met with unequivocal dismissal and disqualification.
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  • Posted by Aeronca 2 years ago
    Simply by "not having a position," on any issue, whether it's natural rights, 1A, 2A, or anything, is grounds for dismissal. We want judges that will judge.

    But that's a technicality. Her stated lack of position says to me that she thinks we do Not have Individual Rights unless government Simon Says So.
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    • Posted by $ 2 years ago
      Technically speaking, SCOTUS was never intended to determine (judge) Constitutionality. This was something unconstitutional that they foist on themselves. The role was contract disputes between the states and nations.

      10th Amendment renders what they did illegal.

      https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitut...
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      • Posted by DrZarkov99 2 years ago
        So, if the issue of determining if a government action is a violation of the Bill of Rights shouldn't be in the hands of the federal court system, then who should make that determination?
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        • Posted by freedomforall 2 years ago
          Certainly not anyone who is appointed for life using political justification.
          This is the crux of the issue that Lincoln violated in 1860 when by force of arms
          he forced free people who wished to go their separate way (as allowed as states
          rights in the law of the land) to remain in an involuntary forced union.
          Those previously free men were allowed no voice in the changes made
          to the law of the land removing their states' rights and enslaving everyone
          for posterity.
          No one in government has the authority to remove individual rights.
          That was the argument of those founders who insisted that the Bill of Rights
          be added to the constitution - against the outcry of the monarchists who wanted
          a powerful central government like those found in Europe.

          No one in government has the authority to remove individual rights.
          Unfortunately, the government does have the power to do so and to enforce
          such tyranny.
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        • Posted by $ 2 years ago
          The founders determined that the people were the best and only true arbiters over what was and wasn't constitutional at a local level. The fedgov was created as a construct for things common to all states, treaties, trade, etc. Presidents weren't celebrities and didn't even warrant a fence around the white house. In fact, Lincoln wasn't invited to Gettyberg and had to invite himself and then upstaged a famous orator Sec. of State Edward Everett. But back then Senators were appointed by their states to act on the governors behalf for their state in the federal machine and they could be fired for any reason at all. This is how far we've fallen.
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          • Posted by DrZarkov99 2 years ago
            Still, we are a nation of laws, as the founders intended, so the question remains: if the Bill of Rights is an overarching mandate on all states, what is the agent with the power of enforcement that rules on instances of violation of those individual natural rights?
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            • Posted by $ 2 years ago
              Are we really? Do we still think the magna carta is an influence in what we've devolved to? I certainly don't see equal justice and it has nothing to do with race politics. The Bill of Rights, the entire constitution for that matter,is only sacrosanct if the populace understands it and those elected solemnly respect it. We, this country as a people, are a pathetic joke of lost potential.

              Franklin when asked replied "A republic, if you can keep it." I think any answer comes from the meaning of that statement, if one is even possible.

              I have no solution as to how we get back or how we enforce natural rights anymore. Transgression is the name of the game coming from DC. We are a degenerate nation that deserves wrath. Frankly, I'm embarrassed ever to have served.
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              • Posted by DrZarkov99 2 years ago
                Forgive me, but my question is mechanistic in nature. I recognize that the original intent of the Founders has been lost over time, but my question is directed at the original intent.

                Ideally, any elected official should innately recognize that natural rights are inviolate, but one of the key elements of the Founders' view was to recognize humans are flawed, and the structure they established was intended to be able to respond to unlawful behavior by government officials. That's why, when the issue of the SCOTUS not having been specifically authorized to make rulings on constitutionality of government actions came up, I asked who then, under the structure laid out in the Constitution, should make those judgements.

                Ideally, every American citizen should be respectful of the natural rights of every other citizen, but we are human. When someone in a position of authority abuses their power and violates the natural rights of a citizen without the power to overcome that abuse, I have no doubt the Founders had in mind a mechanism to correct that. Given the means of abuse available to the Executive and Legislative elements of our government, it seems proper that the Judicial branch should act as the shield against such abuses. Again, I'm addressing original intent, not our current degraded situation.
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            • Posted by freedomforall 2 years ago
              I think the answer you seek is: We, the People.
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              • Posted by $ 2 years ago
                In saying "if you can keep it" Franklin was referring to the "people" and, apparently, he foresaw us not being up to the task.
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                • Posted by trailsRus 2 years ago
                  Having just watched Ken Burns' biography of Ben Franklin, I think you are right. His natural intelligence included a healthy understanding of human vice which tempered his negotiations with peers and foreign relations, while he readily enjoyed the perks of the elite.
                  Of course for today's audience, several segments steered into his treatment of slavery. Overall, it was a decent production, since the Founders did address the problem but could only open the door to abolition on the margins in order to establish the union.
                  One could say that, between the Fed and WEF, we're all slaves now.
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            • Posted by Dobrien 2 years ago
              The founders intent was to have a government of devolution.
              The Federal Government is anything but that. That said
              Congress has limited enforcement authority for the fourteenth amendment .
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      • Posted by $ blarman 2 years ago
        I know that the notion of "judicial review" was in and of itself highly controversial when it was first employed in Marbury vs. Madison. I'm not saying I necessarily support the concept of Judicial Review. I go back and forth. But I do question where else checks on the other two branches would effectively take place if not at the Supreme Court.
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  • Posted by Joseph23006 2 years ago
    This is very disturbing. The Constitution makes a specific statement about the emination of rights and she was asked to affirm that, at the time very radical, concept. She didn't OR she couldn't because she believes the idea that rights are granted by the authority in power, subject to change at a whim. This is the idea of a living constitution and not the of The Constitution whereby interpretation is everything and words can have their meanings twisted to say what is fashionable at the moment. In reality the oath to uphold and defend The Constitution is meaningless to her!
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  • Posted by bobsprinkle 2 years ago
    Our only salvation is that she is a left wing vote replacing a left wing vote.
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    • Posted by Aeronca 2 years ago
      Yes for now, it's 3-6 so she could be a Satanist to little effect. But some day it could be 5-4 and she'd be enslaving people.
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      • Posted by bobsprinkle 2 years ago
        well....with assholes like Romney & collins among others it is about the best we can do.
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        • Posted by Dobrien 2 years ago
          Let’s not forget Alaska’s Murcowfaceski .
          U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson secured the support of two more Senate Republicans on Monday, as she cleared a procedural hurdle toward becoming the first Black woman to serve on the nation's top judicial body.

          Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney joined Susan Collins in saying they would vote to confirm Jackson, 51, to a lifetime seat on the court later this week. They also supported a procedural 53-47 vote to bring her nomination to the Senate floor after the Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked 11-11 along party lines on whether to advance the nomination.

          Murkowski and Romney, who do not serve on the Judiciary Committee, announced their backing of Jackson as the Senate began voting to "discharge" the nomination from the panel, propelling it to the full Senate
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  • Posted by Dobrien 2 years ago
    Definition of decide.
    cause to come to a resolution.
    make a choice from a number of alternatives.

    Definition of Judge
    a public official appointed to DECIDE cases in a court of law

    A lifetime appointment to the Highest Court Sen Cruz “Nominee Black Woman, what is a woman?” Pro pedo file Black Woman responds “ I can’t decide”
    Majority of pedo file Senators respond. “YOUR HIRED”
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  • Posted by Dobrien 2 years ago
    Sad that this is the person selected by Color and Sex
    A black women as The fraud in chief said he wanted.
    I wonder if he heard that somewhere .....hmm perhaps and it stuck in his non cognitive
    Mush between his fake ears. Perhaps Hunter was ordering an escort and the big guy got confused.
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