The decision rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment.

The Hawaii Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion on Wednesday declaring that its state constitution grants individuals absolutely no right to keep and bear arms outside the context of military service. Its decision rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment, refusing to interpolate SCOTUS’ shoddy historical analysis into Hawaii law. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the ruling on this week’s Slate Plus segment of Amicus; their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

  • xenspidey@lemmy.zipEnglish
    43·
    9 months ago

    False, George Mason quote “I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.” George Mason wrote a draft of what became the second amendment

      • xenspidey@lemmy.zipEnglish
        53·
        9 months ago

        Doesn’t matter who disagrees with me, I’m stating what a individual who helped draft the amendment said.

        • turmacar@lemmy.world
          91·
          9 months ago

          Except Mason didn’t help draft the Bill of Rights. Madison looked at the Virginia Bill of Rights along with a mountain of other documents to draft the Federal version. Madison’s proposal was then stripped down and reworded and argued over before being partially adopted.

          Saying Mason drafted the 2nd amendment is like saying Lucas drafted the current Star Wars shows.