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To: Texas Federalist
The primary duty of the State is to protect individual liberty.

Does "individual liberty" trump an individual's obligation to help provide for "the common defense"?

Protecting individual liberty is a good, but it is not the first principle of the State.

200 posted on 07/14/2004 11:07:35 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: Aquinasfan
Does "individual liberty" trump an individual's obligation to help provide for "the common defense"?

Providing for the common defense is part of protecting individual liberty, a term which does not limit itself to protection from domestic threats. "Providing for the common good" is a much much broader concept than is contemplated by our Constitution.

238 posted on 07/14/2004 11:59:12 AM PDT by Texas Federalist
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I'm surprised Specter voted yea.

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501 posted on 07/15/2004 9:08:55 PM PDT by foreverfree
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