Someone was babbling about Roe vs Wade.
I pointed out that the feds have no say in the matter EITHER WAY and that's what the recent decision was all about. They just passed it back to where it belonged in the first place, they passed the decision back to the states or the individual if the state didn't pick up the ball.
"Yeah, but that was a Constitutional right!" he said.
"Read the directions," I shot back. "Get a copy of the Constitution, read it carefully and find in it anywhere where abortion is even mentioned. Then go to the Bill of Rights which are the first ten amendments and pay very close attention to the 10th Amendment where it says "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." That INCLUDES abortion which is NOT even mentioned in the Constitution.
"Yeah, but...."
"But nothing. READ THE DIRECTIONS! This means YOU!"
The directions laid out by the Founding Fathers are a damned sight easier to understand than the directions you get with an IKEA dresser and most people can put one off those together.
Come to think of it, as far as I am concerned they ought to throw out Miranda cards because it is the duty of every citizen to understand their rights. If you are too stupid to than it's on you.
Then again maybe things would be a little nicer if we did throw out Miranda because thugs are generally stupid and would rat themselves out a little more often and we'd go a ways more to cleaning up the streets. Being advised of one's rights by a policeman is NOT mentioned in the Constitution, either!
Here's a copy of the directions for anyone that wants it.
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