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To: exmarine
Have you gone to law school?

Sure, Cornell class of 2000.

Do you know what legal positivism is?

Sure, roughly, it's the belief that law derives from the sovereign and not from some greater power.

I tend to subscribe to that notion- the sovereign in the US is the people and we write our own laws.

1,728 posted on 10/27/2003 10:02:41 AM PST by Modernman ("I'm just a simple man, trying to make my way in the universe."- Jango Fett)
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To: Modernman
Sure, roughly, it's the belief that law derives from the sovereign and not from some greater power.

Do you know who Blackstone was (besides being the foremost legal reference for our founding fathers)? What did he say about the origin of law?

Then throw the Constitution in the trash! That is the law of the land. If you can change it any way you want on a whim, then it isn't worth the paper it's printed on and no one's rights are secure.

Evidently, Cornell is just a liberal marxist paper mill like Hah-vahd or Beserkly.

1,730 posted on 10/27/2003 10:10:42 AM PST by exmarine
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To: Modernman
Sure, roughly, it's the belief that law derives from the sovereign and not from some greater power.

Do you know who Blackstone was (besides being the foremost legal reference for our founding fathers)? What did he say about the origin of law?

Then throw the Constitution in the trash! That is the law of the land. If you can change it any way you want on a whim, then it isn't worth the paper it's printed on and no one's rights are secure.

Evidently, Cornell is just a liberal marxist paper mill like Hah-vahd or Beserkly.

1,731 posted on 10/27/2003 10:10:43 AM PST by exmarine
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To: Modernman
Sure, roughly, it's the belief that law derives from the sovereign and not from some greater power.

Do you know who Blackstone was (besides being the foremost legal reference for our founding fathers)? What did he say about the origin of law?

I tend to subscribe to that notion- the sovereign in the US is the people and we write our own laws.

I don't care what you subscribe to. This isn't Cuba. Law is king in this country; specifically, the U.S. Constitution. It's the law of the land. Don't they teach you that in the marxist law schools these days? Do you believe everything you are taught or can you think for yourself? Or maybe you just think like them so you soaked it in like a grateful sponge?

If what you say is true, then throw the Constitution in the trash! That is the law of the land. If you can change it any way you want on a whim, then it isn't worth the paper it's printed on and no one's rights are secure.

1,733 posted on 10/27/2003 10:13:48 AM PST by exmarine
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