Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is releasing a new book in which he argues that the phrase “when serving in the militia” should be added to the Second Amendment.
The book is titled, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution”
The Second Amendment reads as follows: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
With Stevens’ proposed change: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms [when serving in the Militia] shall not be infringed.
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is set to release a new book in which he argues that the phrase “when serving in the militia” should be added to the Second Amendment.
The book is titled, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution,” and the change Stevens has in mind for the Second Amendment would alter the language so as to render it a protection of a collective right instead of an individual one.
Moreover, it would be a right that the government–at all levels–could regulate without hesitation.
Currently, the Second Amendment reads:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Stevens’ contends that this was intended as a collective right only and that it was “limited in scope to the uses of arms related to military activity.”
According to The Washington Post, Stevens claims this was changed via the Supreme Court’s District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) decision. He says this decision suddenly introduced protections for “a civilian’s right to keep a handgun in his home for purposes of self-defense.”
Stevens says the McDonald v. Chicago (2010) decision furthered these changes by using “the due process clause of the 14th Amendment” to limit the ability of cities to ban the possession of handguns.
He says this can all be remedied by adding five words to the Second Amendment:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms [when serving in the Militia] shall not be infringed
He is part of what’s wrong with this country.
The Second Amendment is worded correctly. The Constitution does not need “fixed”. Justice Stevens needs to be fixed. If you take away my Second Amendment rights, I’ll take away your First Amendment rights.
He means to say “How we screw American Citizens.” If that phrase was intended by the Founders it would be there but it is NOT. To hold to what he is saying is to be a traitor. Issues like the Bundy Ranch show a need for armed citizenry because the government will screw us badly if we are unarmed.
Naw, I will not read his book.
We don’t add and we don’t take away we follow the constitution got it I’m tired of dip sticks changing things to serve their plans to destroy America if they don’t like it move to China .
Stevens, you are beyond stupid. Is that how you protect and defend the comstitution? I think nnot and i believe this is treason on your part.
He needs to crawl back into the hole he came out of.
Just enjoy retirement.
AGREE
put obama in prison