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To: DuncanWaring
I'm sure he understands it, but putting it into terms of God given rights would set off a huge firestorm, so he spoke in secular terms & then went on to give an example of the way a government given "right" infringes on the rights of another set of people.

All laws infringe on someone's rights in some way. The Constitution laid out some agreed upon basic rights which we (the government, the people) will work to favor for each other. Freedom of speech versus freedom from hearing "offensive" speech. The Constitution doesn't say our government can't search us or our home, but places rules on what the government needs to do in order to do so.

It's why "Justice" is shown holding a balance, because enforcement of all man made laws involve weighing opposing interests.

24 posted on 05/02/2007 2:46:02 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: GoLightly
All laws infringe on someone's rights in some way. The Constitution laid out some agreed upon basic rights which we (the government, the people) will work to favor for each other. Freedom of speech versus freedom from hearing "offensive" speech. The Constitution doesn't say our government can't search us or our home, but places rules on what the government needs to do in order to do so.

It's why "Justice" is shown holding a balance, because enforcement of all man made laws involve weighing opposing interests.

What? "Freedom from hearing "offensive" speech"? That doesn't make any sense.

Look, you're making this much more complicated than it really is. Free men have rights. The Constitution was written to show exactly where the government can infringe upon those rights. It is a complete list of governmental powers, not a list of rights. If the government is not given the power in the Constitution to regulate something, then it has no authority to do so.

The Founders wrote it in very clear language, and I'm staggered that Scalia can't or doesn't want to see it.

62 posted on 05/03/2007 6:47:26 AM PDT by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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