Its passionate fans, who are inevitably starting to be referred to as "tenthers," interpret the amendment as pretty much restricting the federal government to military matters.
The First Amendment is pretty direct in its purpose, but it has been at the center of debates for ages.
Guns-rights organizations and conservatives occasionally invoke the specter of a Democrat-and-UN-coordinated mass gun seizure effort, but the Second Amendment is pretty darn robust.
"You know, as a conservative, I'm a believer in following the plain text of the Constitution, and I think in this case the 14th Amendment is pretty clear, and that would involve a very, very lengthy constitutional process," Ryan said.
The argument for the Toomey Manchin amendment was pretty easy to explain, even to a child: "Well, Timmy, guns might be tools for hunting, they might be collected and handled safely by millions of hobbyists and enthusiasts, but it's also really, really easy to kill people if you have a gun it would be a good idea to make sure that the people who were buying guns weren't crazy or criminals".
The First Amendment is a pretty good starting point".
PHILADELPHIA — It has been a long time since anybody said: "You know, the 18th Amendment was a pretty good idea.
Strossen's view follows from a strongly libertarian reading of the First Amendment and is pretty much official doctrine in the United States.
Louis political science department, called Amendment 6 "a pretty cynical measure" in an interview with The Huffington Post before the election.
Predicting things on the Webb amendment is actually pretty easy, since this is the measure that got the highest number of votes last spring in the Senate during the Iraq debates.
