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To: Smartaleck
Thanks alot Smartaleck! Sorry that just sounds weird ;-) but really thanks for the post. Excellent.

Please see post 52 if you have not yet!
61 posted on 10/18/2001 10:56:15 AM PDT by RebelDawg
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To: RebelDawg
As conservatives, such as Rush, are often heard to say, "Words mean things." If the drafters of the 14th Amendment meant the same thing when they referred to both "citizens" and "persons", then you would think that they would have used the same word. Construing the ambiguity against the drafter of the ambiguous language, it should be interpreted broadly so as to cover more people, rather than fewer.
65 posted on 10/18/2001 11:04:57 AM PDT by DryFly
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