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THE 14TH AMENDMENT -- EQUAL PROTECTION LAW OR TOOL OF USURPATION
Congressional Record ^ | June 13, 1967 | Rep John Rarick

Posted on 11/14/2004 2:21:27 AM PST by Remember_Salamis

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To: Scales
Now I see why they do not want anyone to know that the basis for so much federal court and Congressional control over states is rooted in an unconstitutional constitutional amendment

My point exactly. We've been propagandized. But now that information is freer, and Gen. Grant's guns don't pose a threat, the subject can be discussed once again.

The issue is not whether emancipation or suffrage of African Americans can be obliterated. Virtually no one agrees with that. The question is whether the many asserted offshoots are legitimate.

One way to de-legitimize them is to deligitimize the amendment itself, and start over. What we end up with would be more precise, narrower, and less prone to abuse.

41 posted on 11/14/2004 10:19:06 AM PST by Regulator
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To: Regulator
BTW, since you appear to be a fervent defender of what The Radicals Have Wrought

WTF?

All I said was that these amendments would be ratified today in a nanosecond, and you agreed that that is so.

Does that make YOU a "fervent defender" of the overthrow of the Old Republic?

42 posted on 11/14/2004 10:27:14 AM PST by Jim Noble (FR Iraq policy debate begins 11/3/04. Pass the word.)
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To: Jim Noble
Does that make YOU a "fervent defender" of the overthrow of the Old Republic?

Why, er, um...no. But the bluntness of your post led me to believe that you were.

If you're merely pointing out the practical difficulties of doing it, well, I agree. But as I said before, just bringing up the subject could lead to a breakthrough. There are a number of possibilities, but until they're discussed, it's not even going to have a chance to happen.

43 posted on 11/14/2004 12:42:35 PM PST by Regulator
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To: Regulator
But the bluntness of your post led me to believe that you were.

Sir, if we do not speak bluntly, nothing will be accomplished.

44 posted on 11/14/2004 1:57:22 PM PST by Jim Noble (FR Iraq policy debate begins 11/3/04. Pass the word.)
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To: GeronL

Yes, it is too much to ask of leftist propaganda organizations to "snitch" on their Overlords in the government.

Besides, we are all too busy watching the Peterson Case, don'tcha know?


45 posted on 11/14/2004 2:11:35 PM PST by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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To: Jim Noble

Well, then bluntly put forth your proposed solution!


46 posted on 11/14/2004 3:08:14 PM PST by Regulator
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To: PersonalLiberties

Exactly correct.

We don't need another CC, we just need to return to the original document, and its intentions and rules.


47 posted on 11/14/2004 4:10:01 PM PST by lodwick (The 2nd Amendment is Our Reset Button on Governments.)
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To: lodwick
we just need to return to the original document

Which "original document"? The one with ten amendments? No amendments? All the amendments we have now, except for the ones you don't like?

Your statement doesn't hold any water.

Either we add amendments that fix things, or we revoke the ones that have caused trouble, or we renegotiate the whole damn thing.

48 posted on 11/15/2004 6:36:12 AM PST by Regulator
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