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To: Travis McGee
The former Soviet Union also had a very lovely Constitution...on paper. But everyone "understood" that the State could do whatever it liked....

That's the path we are embarked upon.

From Article 29 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

3. These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. (emphasis added)

There's Orwell's " bootheel, stamping on a human face forever," codified in black and white for all to read. If we're headed toward a con-con, I expect to see something similar at the end of the "New Bill of Rights" in the "New Constitution".

231 posted on 02/27/2004 10:54:14 PM PST by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: Don Joe
There are already plenty of "fill in the blanks" provisions in the Patriot Act. "Other steps as may be required" language.
233 posted on 02/27/2004 10:56:46 PM PST by Travis McGee ("Billy, do you want to marry a man or a lady when you grow up?" (NEA kindergarten guide, 2006))
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