Mark Small

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

I think we need protection from people with a warped interpretation of the Second Amendment. 15/25