Hmm...

Nov. 6th, 2008 10:04 am
madshutterbug: (c)2009 by Myself (Expostulation)
[personal profile] madshutterbug
Just a thought, which is the higher Law? From the U.S. Constitution:

Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution. Ratified 12/15/1791.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.


Does this, being at a Federal Level, outweigh the rights of the States to so amend their own Constitutions?

Date: 2008-11-06 03:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wedschilde.livejournal.com
that's what we're going to be fighting with.

Date: 2008-11-06 04:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rosewildeirish.livejournal.com
Hope it can be used to challenge the verdict on Prop 2.

Date: 2008-11-06 04:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aineotter.livejournal.com
Yeah, it does if the state constitution violates the federal one.

Date: 2008-11-06 06:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madshutterbug.livejournal.com
This is the point which niggled me in the back of my mind. Which means, in order to apply this, there needs to be language somewhere in the Constitution (State or Federal) which says no laws enacted which infringe on rights. I'm not a lawyer.

I haven't even played one in a training video.

That last is sort of an inside joke. As you know I'm an RN. I'm not a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist), but I have played one in a training video.

Date: 2008-11-06 05:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beshter.livejournal.com
Ehhh, it's a hard argument to make, but it can be done. I think in CA they have a similar clause in the state constitution as well, or so they have been saying on the radio. They are using that to fight Prop 8.

Hope they win it, it's not fair to infringe on the rights of others.

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