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To: Roscoe
Once again, the First Amendment says that, not the Second through Tenth.

A bit misinformed, aren't you?

Am I? I should point out that a direct reading of the Bill of Rights reveals the words "Congress shall make no law" ONLY in the First Amendment, which is what I asserted.

449 posted on 09/11/2002 3:55:30 PM PDT by SJC_Libertarian
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To: SJC_Libertarian
I should point out that a direct reading of the Bill of Rights

Ignorance of historic and Constitutional context.

But it is universally understood, it is a part of the history of the day, that the great revolution which established the constitution of the United States, was not effected without immense opposition. Serious fears were extensively entertained that those powers which the patriot statesmen, who then watched over the interests of our country, deemed essential to union, and to the attainment of those invaluable objects for which union was sought, might be exercised in a manner dangerous to liberty. In almost every convention by which the constitution was adopted, amendments to guard against the abuse of power were recommended. These amendments demanded security against the apprehended encroachments of the general government--not against those of the local governments." --Barron v. Baltimore, 7 Pet. 243 (1833)

450 posted on 09/11/2002 6:53:52 PM PDT by Roscoe
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