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To: snowsislander
Yes, in particular Justice Thomas

No, not in particular. Go read his dissent from start to finish - what he says - not what you want him to say. The application of the 14th to the states has long ago been setteled and it is a good thing. I know you "state's rightists" think that the states should be left to do what they want, but the states don't have rights. They have powers, and I am just as happy that the states power to violate fundamental freedoms is just as circumscribed as is the power of the Federal Government.

126 posted on 06/26/2005 1:58:46 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson
No, not in particular. Go read his dissent from start to finish - what he says - not what you want him to say. The application of the 14th to the states has long ago been setteled and it is a good thing. I know you "state's rightists" think that the states should be left to do what they want, but the states don't have rights. They have powers, and I am just as happy that the states power to violate fundamental freedoms is just as circumscribed as is the power of the Federal Government.

Sorry, please go back and read the thread: I am not asserting states rights -- (heck, go back in my posting history this last week and read my many postings on this eminent domain decision where I have consistently asserted the incorporation of property rights) -- I was just quoting the 1833 Baltimore decision (well before the 14th Amendment) that was referenced by Justice Thomas as the contrary case prior to adoption of the 14th and the development of incorporation.

As for your advice "to read Thomas", I have probably read that dissenting opinion more times than most people on Free Republic -- I had read it on another server and posted about it before it even went on the Court's slip system.

127 posted on 06/26/2005 4:08:01 PM PDT by snowsislander
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