Yes, the law was written so militia members did not have to worry about their weapons being taken from them by the federal government to prevent their service in the militia.
But he also wrote, “ The Court holds that the first clause of the Second Amendment that references a “militia” is a prefatory clause that does not limit the operative clause of the Amendment. Additionally, the term “militia” should not be confined to those serving in the military, because at the time the term referred to all able-bodied men who were capable of being called to such service.”
So, you were going around violating the privacy rights of minorities just to fulfill your claim that you are a persecuted white guy. If you didn't get in because of that, then you were far below the mean with regard to applicants. I feel a school can pick the students they want as long as they meet a minimum standard. So, I have never bought the "woe is me attitude" in this area. You, also, missed a dynamic in the acceptance of minority law students. You forget those who had been accepted to law schools with better reputations but stayed as a result of financial incentives. I fit that criteria. I was all set to go to Emory or Cornell, however, the financial offer to remain in the state was too good to pass up.
Don't cast your pearls before swine, haha. People on this board probably think Matlock was attorney general.
A classmate broke into my car when I was in high school. When he has children can I punish them for the crime?
Seems like you're leaving off the dependent clauses in the language for a reason.
I'm asking you. You're the one that wants me to suffer because of the past transgressions of other white people.
And if there were a dependent clause...and there isn't...the militia aspect would be dependent upon "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
You guys have to stop crying about not being the last guy on the bench of a 12 man basketball team. I know if I was on the margins to the point of being passed up for a potential quota pickup, I would be too embarrassed to tell anyone. Diversity is important. Does a football team operate efficiently with 15 Wide Receivers and no one to block? Any smart business is not going to continue peeling off the same profile time after time and expect to succeed.
Agreed. I hate to insult the university, but the minimum requirements to get into USC school of law are pretty low. To lose out to a diversity spot means you had an extremely low LSAT.
That's a lot of words to say you are okay with some level of racism.
Shouldn't be that way with the Supreme Court. Its not law school or a basketball team.
Is it racist when two white walk-ons sit on the bench, many times the son of a coach, knowing they will never play. Is it wrong for Brandon Martin to get so much playing time because his Dad is the coach. Maybe, but I don't see it as a big enough issue to say something has to fundamentally change. There is a level of nepotism, racism or whatever you want to call it in anything. Do you have a problem with a white male making $10,000 more on average a year than their black counterparts with the same education and experience. It's a fact. It happens. I don't like it, but I have to find a way to work around that $10,000 problem. There is never going to be some utopian society where the most qualified, able person always gets the job. Someone always is going to know someone. Someone always is going to have a well situated relative. You work to make it better, but you don't go around looking for every single racial slight to say, "Oh, I am persecuted". Racism is an issue, but crying over who is more mediocre is just as big an issue to me. When you strive for excellence, you are not at the margins wondering whether someone got the last spot over you.
I'm married to a Filipina and have a mixed race child. I'm against anything that would be racist or unfair.
Good for you and like my Dad always told me coming up, "Fair is a festival that comes around every October". The areas of unfairness in the world are endless. You work to change those that are pervasive, but you don't, at least I don't, sit around crying about them. In this country, all a white guy has to do is stay within the 70th percentile of his peers and he is good. Pretty good odds if you ask me. Instead of crying about the one black guy that may or may not have got a position over you. Think about all of the white guys you lost out to and maybe look yourself in the mirror over that.
I'm not just concerned about myself. What if my son grows up and wants to get into a certain med school or perhaps an engineering graduate program and he loses one of the last couple of spots because of his race or some other subjective reason? You can say he was mediocre because he was one of the last being considered, but if he were still more qualified than another candidate that got that spot due to race, gender, religion, socioeconomic status, etc., being a factor, it still wouldn't be fair.
You're being intentionally obtuse, rollerDave. If my son had, say, higher MCAT scores, or a higher GPA, or a longer list of science credits, but was denied because someone else was behind him in those areas because of race or gender, that is wrong. Just because you're okay with some racism or sexism, that doesn't make it right.
