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To: right-wing agnostic

I don’t know that I buy this. Constitutional interpretation is not an easy thing and it is certainly anything but black and white. Now they may not have liked their Right leanings, but just based on “teaching the constitution” ... that is an almost impossible task. Just ask over 200 years of judicial interpretation. No one agrees 1—% n any method of interpretation.


6 posted on 09/23/2014 1:44:43 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: RIghtwardHo
. . . “teaching the constitution” ... that is an almost impossible task.

Huh?

8 posted on 09/23/2014 2:24:12 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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To: RIghtwardHo
“teaching the constitution” ... that is an almost impossible task

Teaching the Constitution is relatively simple; learning the Constitution seems to present the problem.

The founders wrote the Constitution in clear, concise, and proper English grammar.

I can teach the Constitution in less than ten minutes by establishing a few facts with a person familiar with America's history.

The first and most important thing to acknowledge is that the Constitution is not about the people. The Constitution is solely about how the government is to function within the enumerated powers of legislation.

The second most important thing to acknowledge is that the Bill of Rights did not grant rights to the people. The Bill of Rights protects the people's rights from government interference.

The Declaration of Independence states the reason to institute a constitutional Government is to secure the people’s inalienable rights.

Now you know an adequate amount about the Constitution.

9 posted on 09/23/2014 4:34:04 PM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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