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To: Hacksaw
Yes - if said law was constitutional for most of our history, overturing it in court IS a bad thing.

LOL, nice try at a dodge. Slavery was constitutional for "most of our history" when it was overturned. This not-so clever dodge lets you advocate overturning some and leaving others, depending on your personal preference. Roe springs to mind.

Letting courts amend our constitution on their own makes it eventually meaningless.

They shouldn't amend it, they judge cases brought to them. They overturned at least one sodomy law according to the story.

371 posted on 03/19/2003 12:43:19 PM PST by Protagoras
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To: Protagoras
LOL, nice try at a dodge. Slavery was constitutional for "most of our history" when it was overturned. This not-so clever dodge lets you advocate overturning some and leaving others, depending on your personal preference. Roe springs to mind.

Slaverly was overturned by the Emancipation Proclamation (legislation) and the Civil War. It was actually expanded by judicial fiat in the Dred Scott decision. So, wrong again, pal. I have tried being polite to you, but you are being a moron (and that is not name calling, that is stating a fact).

438 posted on 03/19/2003 8:53:23 PM PST by Hacksaw (She's not that kind of girl, Booger.)
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