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To: arrogantsob

“It is precluded by the nature of the term “constitution” which was the FOUNDATION of the Union and could only be changed by the amendment process.”

The Constitution is not a suicide pact. By your logic, if a constitutional amendment to make, say, Louisiana a toxic waste dump was introduced, and 40 states ratified it, Louisiana would just have to grin and bear it, and would not have the right to withdraw from the Union. I call bullshit. Seems to me that you are confusing the United States with the former Soviet Union.


267 posted on 08/05/2010 7:23:44 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ought-six

The constitution is the supreme law of the land. You can play “what if” all you want but it won’t change that fact.\

Any human institution can become fallible that is why the means of changing it is included in the instrument.


280 posted on 08/05/2010 9:23:56 PM PDT by arrogantsob
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To: ought-six
Louisiana a toxic waste dump

When setting up an analogy aren't you supposed to use a hypothetical argument?

293 posted on 08/06/2010 4:15:12 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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