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Justice Stevens: 'Maybe You Have Some Kind of Constitutional Right to A Cell Phone...'
Cybercast News Service, by Melanie Hunter
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Posted By:Maryland_Patriot, 10/16/2012 2:15:08 PM
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| Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, speaking at an event hosted by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence’s Legal Action Project, said Monday said that having “some kind of constitutional right to a cell phone with a predialed 911 at your bedside might be better protection than a gun.” “I’m not sure I actually have captured the entire question, but it does occur to me that one thing that I thought about from time to time is that maybe you have some kind of constitutional right to have a cell phone with a predialed 911 number
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Attila DiMedici, 10/16/2012 2:25:03 PM (No. 8937546)
What exactly is a "pre-dialed 911 number"?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Photoonist, 10/16/2012 2:25:14 PM (No. 8937548)
Here is the trouble with leftists on the Supreme Court. They see all kinds of things in the Constitution that simply aren't there because they have dreams of socialism.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
texaspast, 10/16/2012 2:31:23 PM (No. 8937563)
In other words, you don't have the right to protect yourself, but you have the right to alert the proper authorities where to come pick up your body.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
cartcart, 10/16/2012 2:31:56 PM (No. 8937565)
You have a right to pay for one yourself!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
HerbVA, 10/16/2012 2:32:40 PM (No. 8937570)
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
FenwayFrank, 10/16/2012 2:35:16 PM (No. 8937585)
Leave it to the Brady Bunch to bring a loaded question to a meeting. If you Brady people choose to not defend themselves, then fine. Just post this sign fact on your front door. "Warning: Occupants are unarmed, but they have rights too!"
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Safari Man, 10/16/2012 2:36:34 PM (No. 8937589)
If we can have an individual mandate requiring people protect themselves with health insurance, why not a mandate that requires people protect themselves with the purchase of a handgun?
How would libs feel about tax dollars being used to supply RomneyGuns to all the low-income people who just chine up for it?
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civilservant, 10/16/2012 2:43:14 PM (No. 8937606)
Uhh, Justice Older than dirt Stevens, yo uare aware that an inactive, no service cell phone WILL STILL DIAL 911, RIGHT????
You are a lucky man sir. If John(the traitor) Roberts were not on the Court, you would be the biggest male moron there.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Petronius, 10/16/2012 2:44:06 PM (No. 8937608)
With the total lack of reasoning skills Stevens just demonstrated, I can't believe that man was ever a judge.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
KTWO, 10/16/2012 2:50:30 PM (No. 8937625)
This is just poor reporting. The old man was a little confused and mistakenly compared a right to an effective device. Apple v. Orange.
It is clear already, you do have the right to a cell phone. Just go buy one. And you can undoubtedly find one that will dial 911 almost instantly.
Could it be a constitutional right? No one knows. The legal profession will be glad to argue about it for centuries and collect fees for doing so.
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Calvinesq, 10/16/2012 2:52:10 PM (No. 8937630)
I'd like a gun with which I can dial 911. (Put it on speaker before dialing, of course.)
It would come in handy after the home invader lies in his own puddle, preferably in the hallway outside my bedroom.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
iamtinman, 10/16/2012 2:52:44 PM (No. 8937633)
Man, am I glad this clown is retired! It's frightening what insane decisions he could have made!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 10/16/2012 2:53:32 PM (No. 8937634)
If I don`t have a right to protect myself, does a police officer have the right to protect me? Does the police officer have a right to protect himself? If so, then I have a right to protect myself.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
lazyman, 10/16/2012 3:03:43 PM (No. 8937674)
This poor old man should understand that alot can happen in the few or many minutes between the call and the response depending on the financial condition of the authority. The way we are recklessly spending I would venture there will be a longer time for response in the future. This poor liberal should live in Newark or Detroit. I will supply him with a phone when he does. This moron should stay retired. Thank Ford who made the blunder to place him in office.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
globalwarmer, 10/16/2012 3:07:17 PM (No. 8937680)
Anybody explain the time difference between a 911 response and the impact of a fired .357 magnum round to Justice Stevens?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
LAW428, 10/16/2012 3:13:32 PM (No. 8937700)
Stevens is losing a sense of reality. What Constitution is he reading? It surely isn't the U.S. Constitution.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
tennman, 10/16/2012 3:15:09 PM (No. 8937707)
All i can do with this is pass along a quote I read several months ago: "When seconds count, the police are minutes away".
What will you tell the perps - you've got a cell-phone and aren't afraid to dial 911? The fastest way to clear the house is the sound of a pump shotgun being readied.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
pickle1, 10/16/2012 3:19:12 PM (No. 8937717)
As usual only in his dreams.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Kurto, 10/16/2012 3:19:26 PM (No. 8937718)
Ambassador Chris Stevens would probably disagree...
Nobody needs permission from the government to buy a cell phone or dial 911.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
schnapps, 10/16/2012 3:20:02 PM (No. 8937721)
Forget not that Stevens is one of only two SC judges who thought Al Gore should have been president.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
dittohead, 10/16/2012 3:22:23 PM (No. 8937730)
Senile old fool.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
bluehouse, 10/16/2012 4:01:38 PM (No. 8937845)
By law, you don't need any minutes to dial 911.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Teleologicus, 10/16/2012 5:16:08 PM (No. 8938001)
Good grief.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
JrSample, 10/16/2012 5:37:50 PM (No. 8938051)
By that same logic, high ranking public officials don't need to be protected by armed security. They can just carry cell phones...they can even have a hired flunky to dial it for them.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
yorkiemom, 10/16/2012 8:24:46 PM (No. 8938405)
#8, the good news is Stevens retired from the Court. The bad news is one of the liberal chicks took his place.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
civilservant, 10/18/2012 11:52:27 AM (No. 8942617)
I know, #8...........I'll just go any length to take a shot at Roberts......ptoo, ptoo I spit on him, and a pox on his house.
Kiss the puppy, my Maggie sends her regards!!
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Posted By: scottyboy- 5/16/2013 11:50:56 AM
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a personal reason for wanting to ban discrimination in the workplace. "My niece is a lesbian," Reid told the Huffington Post on Wednesday. "She´s a school teacher. Her employment shouldn´t be affected with that. We should have a law that says that, not just the good graces of wherever you work." Reid´s revelation is just the latest example of a member of Congress explaining a personal reason behind a political stance.
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