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To: Just another Joe
"Don't you mean the 15th amendment?"

No, I do not wish to deny the right to vote to any race. I meant the 14th amendment.

The 14th amendment essentially applies the Bill of Rights to all the states. This means that if the USSC interprets the 1st amendment to allow nude dancing, then all states must allow nude dancing. If the USSC says that the 1st amendment forbids a commencement speaker from saying "God" at graduation, then all states must honor that. If the USSC says that the "right of privacy" in a penumbra of an emanation of the U.S. Constitution allows a woman to kill her unborn child, then all states must abide by that.

Get rid of the 14th amendment and allow each state to operate under their own Bill of Rights contained in their own State Constitution.

18 posted on 05/12/2004 8:07:41 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
Ah, OK.
I thought you meant rights not to be denied on account of race re "If he wishes to exclude a particular group of people, fine."
25 posted on 05/12/2004 8:34:32 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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