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To: Buckeye Bomber
You're right, it's the 15th that mentions race isn't it? But the whole purpose of the 14th and the reason it was passed was to protect former slaves. Now that I see that it's not specific to race, it seems more likely to me it will get overturned. However, in doing so, the Court will have to overturn 210 years of Constitutional jurisprudence. It still seems like a stretch.
83 posted on 04/23/2003 7:16:30 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant
THE 14TH AMENDMENT SEEMS LIKE A STRETCH!

Equal protection is equal protection. No citizen is different is the principle on which the amendment was passed (although at that point, I suppose it was no male citizen).
85 posted on 04/23/2003 7:20:04 PM PDT by Buckeye Bomber
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To: Brilliant
I apologize, I misunderstood your comments. I now see you were saying that the overturning is a stretch, although I disagree with you. But once again, I'm sorry. Throwing out jurisprudence is fine by me if it's unconstitutional.
88 posted on 04/23/2003 7:22:35 PM PDT by Buckeye Bomber
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