The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

James Wynn · 17 Mar 2009, 15:26 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:26:40 -0500
Subject: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
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>James, we don't disagree.
>As it sits in today's political balance, however, with all the compromises
>of history that have led us to this point
>(including the cases you refer to and the Fourteenth Amendment),
>I think that DC v. Heller was just about on-target.

Not to nit-pick, John, but the 14th amendment was an actual amendment to the constitution. It explicitly altered the rights of the states to make laws in very limited areas. It was possibly the last time we resolved a constitutional crisis "by the rules" (at the national level at least).

J

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