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To: Christian_Capitalist
To "legalize" the destruction of the unalienable rights of the people is an act of insurrection against the sovereign (which in America is the people), in the most explicit sense.

Article 4, Section Four

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government...

Amendment 5

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...

Amendment 14

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

By the way, State "legalization" of such acts, acts that alienate what the founders called unalienable, violate every single clause of the statement of purpose of our Constitution.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

And by the way, the people, through the means of their Constitution, have granted to the Executive more than sufficient power and means to deal with insurrection.

147 posted on 05/04/2010 3:45:30 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ("In DC, it's about politics. In Arizona, it's about survival." -- Ralph Peters)
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To: EternalVigilance; dcwusmc
And by the way, the people, through the means of their Constitution, have granted to the Executive more than sufficient power and means to deal with insurrection.

Just so we're clear: are you saying that if any State does legalize Abortion (or Rape, or some other Civil Harm against the citizenry), that the President should launch a punitive military assault upon that State?

Just so we're clear. If that's what you're saying, then just say it. I've (vastly) more respect for someone who stakes out a definite position with which I might agree or disagree, than someone who criticizes those with whom they disagree while refusing to precisely declare their own position.

158 posted on 05/05/2010 12:17:52 AM PDT by Christian_Capitalist (Taxation over 10% is Tyranny -- 1 Samuel 8:17)
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