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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Judges discover constitutional rights to bike lanes and also drug use in homeless shelters
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 19:03:14 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>May 6, 2025 at 9:43:26 AM PDT, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>:

>>America is not the only country that has activist judges. We have them 
>>here in Canada too. Brian Lilley and Adam Zivo describe several cases of 
>>judicial activism and consider remedies like electing judges rather than 
>>appointing them as we currently do.

>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7R4cVgqfZA [16 minutes]

>I misread this at first and thought you'd found an *American* judge ruling
>that bike lanes are constitutionally protected. I was about to lose my shit.

Article I, Section 8, postal clause

To establish Post Offices and post Roads

It's a delegated power.

A "post road" is any transportation facility the mails might move upon.
Letter carriers have made deliveries by bicycle.

Furthermore, the right to travel is a common law right, hell, the right
predates common law. Our current system of roads and who gets highway
access infringed upon ancient rights to promote automobile use.

Of course there's a legal argument to be made.

Now, bicycle lanes infringe upon my rights as a pedestrian to cross the
street, but I'm already in danger from drivers of motor vehicles who
refuse to yield when they don't have right of way, so I'm probably not
worse off.

As far as the right to a homeless encampment without rules against open
air drug use, I have no problem if the encampment were relocated to the
street in front of the judge's home, physically protecting it with
barriers to allow the homeless to live right on the street in safety
from automobile accidents.