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To: ctdonath2
Just because a right is not explicitly protected at state level doesn't mean the right may be trampled.

You're preaching to the choir. I have pointed out many times (too many) that the Bill of Rights is not an exhaustive list of rights retained by the People. It is usually in response to a social conservative writing "I checked my copy of the constitution and I don't see the right to (fill in the blank) anywhere."

Regardless, the point still stands that the states were only bound by their own constitution in regard to respecting individual liberties. It wasn't until the 14th amendment that this all changed.

272 posted on 03/21/2007 1:40:25 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: JeffAtlanta

And change it did, regardless of RP's wish it didn't, and despite SCOTUS' attempt to dictate which liberties (rights) it referred to.


273 posted on 03/21/2007 1:47:58 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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