http://www.demablogue.com/law/the-real-affront-to-democratic-theory/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.demablogue.com/law/the-real-affront-to-democratic-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 Weak Courts, Strong Rights | Demablogue Thu, 20 May 2010 23:56:15 +0000 http://www.demablogue.com/?p=873#comment-2036 [...] for stricter methods of constitutional interpretation on this blog quite often (see, e.g., here, here, here, and [...] [...] for stricter methods of constitutional interpretation on this blog quite often (see, e.g., here, here, here, and [...]

]]> http://www.demablogue.com/law/the-real-affront-to-democratic-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 Rix Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:03:08 +0000 http://www.demablogue.com/?p=873#comment-1957 While I am quite ambivalent on the matter of abortions, I fail to envision a legal twist required to derive abortion regulation from the Commerce Clause. The pivotal issue here is whether abortion is a murder of a human being or it is not; if the former is true, any regulation is obviously out of question, while in the latter case no regulation is required and woman's right to pursuit of happiness governs. As for whether abortion is indeed a murder, I'll second the President: this question is far above our pay grade. While I am quite ambivalent on the matter of abortions, I fail to envision a legal twist required to derive abortion regulation from the Commerce Clause. The pivotal issue here is whether abortion is a murder of a human being or it is not; if the former is true, any regulation is obviously out of question, while in the latter case no regulation is required and woman’s right to pursuit of happiness governs. As for whether abortion is indeed a murder, I’ll second the President: this question is far above our pay grade.

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