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To: ClintonBeGone

BZZZT wrong.

Check out the wording of the Bill Of Rights. People mistakenly think it enumerates rights. What it actually does is limit certain powers of government explicitly. E.g. "shall not be infringed."

It also limits those powers generally. Read the Xth amendment and then cite where else in the Constitution the federal government is permitted to stop me owning a bale of "dope," or, for that matter, a wagon load of it harvested with a combine, if I so desire?


899 posted on 01/30/2005 11:02:29 AM PST by eno_ (Freedom Lite, it's almost worth defending.)
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To: eno_
Check out the wording of the Bill Of Rights. People mistakenly think it enumerates rights.

LOL only you would be so arrogant as to tell me that what the framers called the Bill of Rights isn't really what they meant. You certainly provide no educational information, but you're good for a laugh!

900 posted on 01/30/2005 1:18:10 PM PST by ClintonBeGone (In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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