Justice Scalia has held that since abortion is not mentioned in the original Constitution, strictly speaking, it is not covered as a Right.

Therefore, since the Constitution mentions neither automatic nor semi-automatic weapons, there is no Right to have them.

Right, Mr. Justice?

I see Free-ridicule is using the "Oh, look a cat" ploy to divert attention.

That's in contrast to the deafening public silence from the NRA whilst in private their lobbyists continue to whisper Iago-like in the ears of susceptible legislators.

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Comedy Central: Best news channel that isn't a news channel.

Fox News: Best comedy channel that isn't a comedy channel.

The NRA is leaving it to their minions to do the heavy lifting on this one.

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"Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences." ~ Brian Eno

Nice little twist of the actual conversation, BCAm. The ACTUAL statement is that the constitution does not prohibit OR allow it. Therefore the Constitution is mute, and it's up to the Legislatiure.

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The Constitution doesn't prohibit abortion any more than it allows it, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says in a television news interview to be broadcast Sunday.


Scalia told CBS News' "60 Minutes" that he may be conservative, but he is not biased on issues that come before the court. "I mean, I confess to being a social conservative, but it does not affect my views on cases," Scalia said in excerpts released Thursday.


"On the abortion thing, for example, if indeed I were ... trying to impose my own views, I would not only be opposed to Roe versus Wade, I would be in favor of the opposite view, which the anti-abortion people would like to see adopted, which is to interpret the Constitution to mean that a state must prohibit abortion," Scalia told correspondent Lesley Stahl.


"And you're against that?" Stahl asked.


Scalia replied, "Of course. There's nothing" (in the Constitution to support that view).

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