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To: ArrogantBustard

“I suggest looking at the placement of commas in the 1A because the commas separate six distinct things that the Congress is forbidden to do”

You wouldn’t need to worry about comma placement to get that meaning. In fact, I don’t think you’ll find much of anyone to argue against there being six forbiddens in amendment one.


68 posted on 09/15/2011 12:56:57 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Tublecane
OK.

Under the 1A, the following are protected:

1) Freedom from the imposition of an established religion.
2) Freedom from restrictions on the practice of one's own religion.

3) Freedom to speak as one wishes
4) Freedom to publish as one wishes

5) The right to peaceably assemble
6) The right to petition the Government.

Sorry ... no matter how you cut it, it's six. Not five.

74 posted on 09/15/2011 1:11:09 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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