Repeal the Second Amendment, retired Supreme Court justice says
March 28, 2018 by admin
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Retired Associate Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is willing to go where even Parkland, Fla., school-shooting survivor David Hogg won’t — calling for repeal of the Second Amendment.
In a New York Times op-ed, Stevens, 97, argues that the 2008 Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller gave the National Rifle Association a propaganda weapon of immense power. Steven was a dissenter in the 2008 case, which affirmed an individual right to bear arms, and he’s previously called for the Second Amendment to be rewritten in a more limited form.
‘Overturning that decision via a constitutional amendment to get rid of the Second Amendment would be simple and would do more to weaken the N.R.A.’s ability to stymie legislative debate and block constructive gun control legislation than any other available option.’
Alas, it’s not particularly “simple” to pass a constitutional amendment. Support from two-thirds of both chambers of Congress and three-quarters (38) of the states is required.
Alternatively, two-thirds of the states can call for a Constitutional Convention and pass as many amendments as can be passed with three-quarters support, though that’s never been done.
Congress has been reticent to take any gun-control measures, let alone muster two-thirds support, though language to improve background checks was attached to the $1.3 trillion spending bill signed into law.
The only successful example of an actual repeal of an amendment was Prohibition, which was repealed by the passage of the 21st Amendment in 1933.
The last amendment of any kind that was passed was the 27th, which forbids congressional pay increases until there’s been an intervening election. The amendment was introduced in 1789 and, incredibly, passed in 1992.
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posted one of the biggest point gains on record, after a weekend wave of anti-gun-violence marches across the country as well as the bankruptcy filing of Remington Outdoor Co.
