To: nickcarraway
These idiots should be asked how slavery was abolished and voting rights were established for blacks and women (among other things)...
It wasn't by keeping legal precedence...
12 posted on
11/01/2005 10:07:25 PM PST by
DB
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To: DB
These idiots should be asked how slavery was abolished and voting rights were established for blacks and women (among other things) ... Civil war and Constitutional amendment. Howver, the author's point stands - as between the COnstitution itself, law, and past decisions, one MUST be given superior weight; and the only intellectually honest resolution is to give superior weight to the Constitution itself.
32 posted on
11/02/2005 4:00:11 AM PST by
Cboldt
To: DB
These idiots should be asked how slavery was abolished and voting rights were established for blacks and women (among other things)...
It was accomplished by changing the law, not by court edict.
35 posted on
11/02/2005 4:28:21 AM PST by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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