Mark Small

If Nurse Beth is amongst those who want the USA to return those days of old, and she is to remain consistent, she needs to keep her mouth shut. After all, women are not even mentioned in the Constitution as it was ratified after the 1787 Convention. 7/25

If Nurse Beth embraces the view that we should adhere to The Framers’ intent one could argue that, as a woman, Nurse Beth cannot even hold office. 8/25

She might point to Amend XIX: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex...” To which I say: (1) Yes, amendment was provided by the Framers in Art. V, but ... 9/25

(2) If Nurse Beth wants a strict construction of the Constitution, Amend XIX only secures women the right to vote - and no other rights. To be consistent, she needs to keep her mouth shut. For argument’s sake, let’s move on 10/25

The Fed supposedly “overreaches” through that bastion of usurpation of rights, the EPA. However: (1) States did not do a great job of keeping our air and waters clean - see “Lake Erie catches fire”;... 11/25

(2) Nurse Beth should be careful: EPA was a (proud) legacy of a GOP President, Richard Nixon; and (3) Amend XIV, sec 1 requires equal protection of the law and Art. I sec 8 cl 3 gives Congress the power to regulate commerce. 12/25

The Constitution does not require we “protect” it from an agency created under a GOP Prez. As a half-way measure, maybe we could require CEOs of corporations that pollute to live within one mile downstream and downwind from their operations. 13/25

Nurse Beth promises to “protect the Second Amendment.” Nearly 40,000, people die each year from guns. In 2017 approximately sixty percent (60%) of gun deaths were suicides (23,854). 14/25