tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post4757808506723215070..comments2024-03-28T23:00:25.050-04:00Comments on THE BLOG: 2022 MOTTORumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-16096092073044571382022-01-04T17:56:27.317-05:002022-01-04T17:56:27.317-05:00Hey Rump, re: your 10:22, what happened to healthc...Hey Rump, re: your 10:22, what happened to healthcare as a fundamental human right. <br /><br />Your comment shows what an arrogant elitist you are. <br /><br />Let mask you this, what do you think the vaccine for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-52009219069583241452022-01-02T16:29:17.170-05:002022-01-02T16:29:17.170-05:00Money can never buy class or honorMoney can never buy class or honorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-83619934317448945152022-01-02T15:30:55.282-05:002022-01-02T15:30:55.282-05:00Mr. Kuntz,
Yes that's exactly what I'm sa...Mr. Kuntz,<br /><br />Yes that's exactly what I'm saying and it isnt bullocks its basic black letter law know by 1Ls across the country. And there needn't even be a nexus to travel, work, or social interactions. Under the commerce clause, congress could out and out mandate vaccines, and even fine those who dont comply.<br /><br />I wont give you the full explanation. But the short version is the commerce clause allows the feds to regulate (1) the channels of interstate commerce, (2l the instrumentalities of interstate commerce, and (3) activities that **substantially affect** interstate commerce.<br /><br />The vaccine mandate is clealy justified under # 3. Read wickard v filburn and Gonzalez v Raich. Or better yet, google "1L constitutional law outline" and give yourself a refresher.<br /><br />Your welcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-75480552498799975772022-01-02T09:16:40.106-05:002022-01-02T09:16:40.106-05:00Hmmm. Would I rather be a multi-millionaire or kno...Hmmm. Would I rather be a multi-millionaire or know the difference between “lose” and “loose”?Paul Petruzzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914349253596718947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-35233378667716875982022-01-02T09:16:33.518-05:002022-01-02T09:16:33.518-05:00Hmmm. Would I rather be a multi-millionaire or kno...Hmmm. Would I rather be a multi-millionaire or know the difference between “lose” and “loose”?Paul Petruzzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914349253596718947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-42193999535678757452022-01-01T10:24:39.270-05:002022-01-01T10:24:39.270-05:00Mr Kunitz I must disagree. Lincoln faced the loss ...Mr Kunitz I must disagree. Lincoln faced the loss of the union. We face the loss of humanity. We are a few mutations away from an omicron like virus that kills 80% of the people it infects in 24 hours. When that occurs then what?Rumpolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-6392922887552201022022-01-01T10:22:36.513-05:002022-01-01T10:22:36.513-05:00I can say that because the people who CHOOSE not t...I can say that because the people who CHOOSE not to be vaccinated are the ones filling up the hospitals. And quite frankly if I have a loved one who is having a heart attack or a bust appendix I want them to get treatment over some right wing Trump Qanon nut who believes vaccines cause sterility and are part of a government monitoring program. People who decline vaccines are the ones the virus is mutating in. Which means those people are actively threatening my life. As such they need to be punished. As I said - if they don’t want a vaccine no problem. Stay home. Stay out of every public place. And when they get sick have them have the same belief that doctors are stupid and that they know more about science then scientists - and let them stay home or go to a Qanon shaman for help. Don’t go to a hospital begging the same the doctors they have been saying don’t know anything about COVID and vaccines to save them when they are sick. Stick to their principles. Otherwise they are hurting me. Rumpolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-50101067612518891022021-12-31T23:08:04.525-05:002021-12-31T23:08:04.525-05:00Rump, your views above on trashing United States ...Rump, your views above on trashing United States citizens are the reason the Founders came up with the 2A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-73682680911338821282021-12-31T19:43:00.288-05:002021-12-31T19:43:00.288-05:00RE: The unvaccinated would be last on triage lists...RE: The unvaccinated would be last on triage lists<br /><br />How can you say that???????? I love you and your blog Rump but discriminating a patient and choosing to treat them last because they are not vaccinated is wrong on so many levels. <br /><br />Is it not possible the ones who choose not be vaccinated might be because of religious reasons? <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-31969485873168961122021-12-31T12:57:34.389-05:002021-12-31T12:57:34.389-05:00Rumpole:
Lincoln faced a far greater threat, cons...Rumpole:<br /><br />Lincoln faced a far greater threat, constituting far graver grounds for his action than this pandemic ever presented -- let alone presents in its current form. And even with a civil war raging, Lincoln was wrong to suspend habeas corpus. I'm fully convinced that if he had lived longer, Lincoln would have come to regret Proclamation 104, as FDR -- if he had lived a bit longer -- would have come to regret Proclamation 2537. <br /><br />Anonymous @7:38, is your argument that the authority granted to the federal government to regulate INTERstate commerce in Art I, Sec 8, Clause 3 would empower the President to issue a proclamation which would, in Rumpole's words, require a "vaccine passport" to "i) travel; ii) work; iii) social interactions (e.g., bars, restaurants, plays, movies, concerts, sporting events)?" So "travel," full stop. "Work," full stop. "Social interactions," full stop. Private businesses like bars and restaurants. First Amendment expressions of music or drama. All that, you believe, can be interdicted by presidential fiat under the authority of :::checks notes::: the Commerce Clause?<br /><br />I want to make sure I understand your argument. Because if THAT is your argument, then your argument -- to borrow a term from land that birthed the common law -- is bollocks.<br /><br />But as I say, I may have misunderstood.Robert Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08629632558320667302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-77772561379944991722021-12-31T09:55:18.970-05:002021-12-31T09:55:18.970-05:00There is no need for a national mandate. Let peopl...There is no need for a national mandate. Let people be. Vaccinations help and the science proves that. At the same time don't force people to get vaccinated or make them loose their jobs if they don't. I guess I have the luxury of carefreeness because I'm handsome and rich ( just hit 13 million self made) have a hot wife and gorgeous kids. Life does not suck. Happy new year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-59857582672909992872021-12-30T19:38:45.056-05:002021-12-30T19:38:45.056-05:00Rump:
#2 is a sick and disgusting view. Really.
...Rump:<br /><br />#2 is a sick and disgusting view. Really.<br /><br />As to #3, Russia is a 2nd rate power now, and risking war over Ukraine is ridiculous. And escalation with Russia gives China a window to undertake its own aggressions. <br /><br />Mr. Kuntz:<br /><br />you don't have to be a constitutional scholar to know that a national mandate would be easily justified under the commerce clause. Duh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-82930978257833314712021-12-30T19:22:19.060-05:002021-12-30T19:22:19.060-05:00Thank you Robert. The same provision that Lincoln ...Thank you Robert. The same provision that Lincoln used to suspend habeas corpus. <br />Let’s start with my oath to preserve protect and Defend the constitution. No people alive. No constitution. It’s the same principle that I would use if as POTUS I was forced to use nuclear weapons. Rumpolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-75773848877793209932021-12-30T15:56:06.485-05:002021-12-30T15:56:06.485-05:00Pardon me … but why do we not hear anything about ...Pardon me … but why do we not hear anything about the Spring clothing line of fashion ICON Sir Kenneth W?<br /><br />Sources have informed us that he is bringing back pleated trousers! I know. Sounds crazy. <br /><br />Will we see Sir Kenneth W wearing a classic blue blazer, pleated khaki dockers and those incredible size 13 Tretorns? Rumpole, can an attorney wear that outfit to court under the “summer rules?” <br /><br />Stay tuned. FAKE JUDGE TEDDY MASTOSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-57206538343971630792021-12-30T12:48:08.872-05:002021-12-30T12:48:08.872-05:00Honest question: Under what provisions of federal ...Honest question: Under what provisions of federal law, empowered by what Constitutional grant of authority, would you, as President, undertake the steps set forth Item 1? Because outside of federal reservations and federal employees, and barring a sweeping (I'd say tyrannical) disregard for the Constitution, I'm not seeing it. Yes, you can tell folks getting on a federally regulated airline that they have to have such a "passport," but you state want to require it for travel. You mean, like a drive from Florida to Georgia? Or from Fort Lauderdale to Hialeah? Or from my house to my church?<br /><br />And as for work, restaurants and the rest (presuming we're not talking about "work" at the Dept. of Agriculture or "restaurants" like the cafe in a federal courthouse) how are you going to manage it within the law?<br /><br />The states, of course, have general police powers that can be exercised to impose all sorts of controls on private conduct and commerce in the name of public health, public safety, the general welfare -- heck, even morals are subject to the police power. The federal government, on the other hand, decidedly does not. (And while these principles are foundational and centuries old, there is yet nothing arcane or archaic about them. C.f. U.S. v. Lopez (95?); U.S. v. Morrison (2000).) Even President Biden has now acknowledged there is no federal solution here.<br /><br />So again, how? I don't pretend to be a scholar about these issues, but the notion of enumerated, limited powers for the feds versus everything else for the states (thanks Tenth Amendment), seems pretty clear. Honestly, what am I missing? This is a lawyer blog, after all, not a set of stools at the corner bar. Statements that begin with "If *I* were the President..." need to bring the good in this space, right?<br /><br />Also, and always, as we all grow ever more fatigued and fed up with this damned virus, I urge you to keep in mind the following universal truth, rendered no less true by a pandemic:<br /><br />State power is elastic in only one direction. Once it expands, if you wish to make it smaller, you are going to have to break something.<br /><br />In any case, here's wishing you a happy and a healthy new year.Robert Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08629632558320667302noreply@blogger.com