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To: SeekAndFind; Pearls Before Swine; RIghtwardHo
I did this exact same assignment back in AP American Government back in high school in the early 1990s. Produced a lot of interesting arguments.

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@Pearls Before Swine:
If you read the assignment document, your eyes will glaze over.
You think? Shoot, I find it clearer than most corporate project proposals. Why would it make your eyes glaze over?

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@Rightward Ho:
Why is that upsetting? It’s just a thought experiment is all. We did a lot of this in Law School. Nothing wrong with this. It makes you appreciate the Bill of Rights quite frankly.
Agreed. Some of my fondest memories are of AP American Government. That, combined with Mock Trial and Model UN, made for the best year of high school I had. Thought experiments like this are the best for making you think.
84 posted on 03/31/2014 11:00:24 PM PDT by GAFreedom (Freedom rings in GA!)
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To: GAFreedom

> If you read the assignment document, your eyes will glaze over.

>>You think? Shoot, I find it clearer than most corporate project proposals.

You’re a mature, emotionally developed, formally trained lawyer. Imagine doing this in, say middle school, when civic knowledge and attitudes aren’t fully formed. It’s easy for me to see this assignment as a “Delphi technique” vehicle for a discussion limiting a number of important Amendments—say, First, Fourth, Second, and Fifth. Throw in the Tenth, too, as this is a centrally organized educational program designed by people who clearly favor centralization over leaving any meaningful power to the States.


88 posted on 04/01/2014 4:23:07 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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