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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: Kamaji on February 17, 2023, 01:49:03 pm
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Oregon judge rules against local Second Amendment sanctuary laws, calling sheriffs who allow them 'racist'
Story by Chris Pandolfo
15 February 2023
An Oregon judge accused sheriffs who, citing the Constitution, refuse to enforce federal and state gun control laws of embracing "racist and white nationalist ideologies."
The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that local governments in the state cannot declare themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries and prohibit police from enforcing statewide gun laws. It was the first court defeat for the concept, which has been adopted by as many as 1,200 conservative local governments in response to Democrat-run cities and local jurisdictions that have declared themselves "sanctuary cities" and refuse to enforce federal immigration laws.
Some of these ordinances are symbolic, but the court reviewed a measure enacted in Columbia County that would have imposed thousands of dollars in fines on officials who attempt to enforce federal and state gun laws. It said the ordinance would "create a ‘patchwork quilt’ of firearms laws in Oregon, where firearms regulations that applied in some counties would not apply in Columbia County," which the court found would violate state law.
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Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oregon-judge-rules-against-local-second-amendment-sanctuary-laws-calling-sheriffs-who-allow-them-racist/ar-AA17zkUj
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:facepalm2:
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Egan argues that courts have the power to decide which laws are constitutional, not sheriffs
Hey leftist judge, it doesn't take a rocket scientist or a constitutional scholar to understand "shall not be infringed"... nor does it take the above to understand leftist using the courts to supplant God-given rights that even surpass Constitutional promises not to infringe.
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Hey leftist judge, it doesn't take a rocket scientist or a constitutional scholar to understand "shall not be infringed"... nor does it take the above to understand leftist using the courts to supplant God-given rights that even surpass Constitutional promises not to infringe.
Unless there is something peculiar about Oregon law respecting the powers and authority of sheriffs, that is not a true statement. Certainly it is the case that, in a dispute, it is ultimately a court that will have the final say on whether a provision is constitutional or not - the Supreme Court in the case of the U.S. Constitution, but that does not mean that all other government agencies are not permitted to determine what is, and what is not, constitutional. In point of fact, the executive, subject to review by the courts, is required to make the initial determination of constitutionality, precisely because the executive should not be engaging in acts that it knows are unconstitutional.
No doubt, this stupid judge is perfectly fine with immigration sanctuary cities deciding for themselves which bits of federal immigration law they will, or will not, adhere to.
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Unless there is something peculiar about Oregon law respecting the powers and authority of sheriffs, that is not a true statement. Certainly it is the case that, in a dispute, it is ultimately a court that will have the final say on whether a provision is constitutional or not - the Supreme Court in the case of the U.S. Constitution, but that does not mean that all other government agencies are not permitted to determine what is, and what is not, constitutional. In point of fact, the executive, subject to review by the courts, is required to make the initial determination of constitutionality, precisely because the executive should not be engaging in acts that it knows are unconstitutional.
No doubt, this stupid judge is perfectly fine with immigration sanctuary cities deciding for themselves which bits of federal immigration law they will, or will not, adhere to.
@Kamaji I found this a decent read on civil disobedience ... from a Christian standpoint anyhoo...
https://knowingscripture.com/articles/romans-13-civil-disobedience-to-unconstitutional-unjust-laws
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@Kamaji I found this a decent read on civil disobedience ... from a Christian standpoint anyhoo...
https://knowingscripture.com/articles/romans-13-civil-disobedience-to-unconstitutional-unjust-laws
Nice, thanks.
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An Oregon judge accused sheriffs who, citing the Constitution, refuse to enforce federal and state gun control laws of embracing "racist and white nationalist ideologies."
Which pretty much disqualifies him from sitting on the bench because he exposed his own prejudices and is trying to use his office to enforce them in defiance of the US Constitution.
We need to bring back tarring and feathering.