6/30/2010 - Dr. Bert Loftman, former candidate for Ga. 9

Chris Cates
Tom Graves
Lee Hawkins
Bobby Reese
Steve Tarvin


Hello 9th District Candidates,

The headline in the Wall Street Journal online edition says, “High Court Rules in Favor of Gun Rights.” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703964104575334701513109426.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEADNewsCollection
They went on to say that “The legal question before the court had much to do with questions of constitutional history. Before the Civil War, courts held that the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government. After the Union victory, the Reconstruction amendments were adopted to elevate individual rights over state powers and cement the federal role in enforcing them.”

This is the crux of the matter and I would like your opinion. Do you agree with the incorporation of the Bill of rights to the States by the 14th Amendment? If so, you must also agree with the incorporation of the First Amendment to the states that stopped school prayer and incorporation of the 4th or privacy Amendment that gave us Roe v. Wade. This is where states are unable to make their own rules on this issue.

As I am sure you are aware, Congress has the final word on this because Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution says, “To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;” If Congress has the power to constitute Tribunals, it also has the power to un-constitute them. Article 3 section two says, “In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.” This of course means that Congress can limit the inferior courts from ruling on issues like incorporation of the Bill of Rights to the states..

I would like your opinion on these important issues to help make up my mind on who to support.

Thank you,
Bert Loftman
Former Candidate for GA-9
Founder of ElectTheRightCandidate.US