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John Beaudoin Sr The Real CdC's avatar

This is my first comment on any of my articles, and perhaps my last.

Beware of people who pretend to know what they're talking about, tell others they're wrong, and then confuse simple, yet disparate, things like standing doctrine versus federal question jurisdiction.

The greatest legal minds of our day agree that "standing" doctrine is a runaway train depriving citizens of rights. Where in the Constitution is there mentioned "standing".

Refer to Article III please.

"Sec. 2. Clause 1. The Judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or more States; between a State and Citizens of another State; between Citizens of different States,—between Citizens of the same State claiming Land under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects."

From this simple clause was generated a century of language including "threadbare recitals" and other such nonsense.

My argument against Iqbal is not my argument, but rather one that I've adopted from listening to others such as Robert Barnes. If anyone thinks the current doctrine is appropriate and not restrictive against freedoms, please step aside and let others do the thinking. You've given up rights without anything in return and you've entrusted liberty to tyrannical oligarchs.

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Mathew Crawford's avatar

Please somebody film the governor being served. That's gold.

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