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To: DAnconia55
"it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness "

Missed this part did you?

Or did you read it as "...the Right of the Court to alter or abolish it..."?

If only you'd been there to save Madison from all that time he wasted writing a Bill of Rights to limit the feds powers.

11 posted on 06/29/2003 5:28:30 PM PDT by mrsmith
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To: mrsmith
"Missed this part did you?

Or did you read it as "...the Right of the Court to alter or abolish it..."?

That highlights the issue. Have the Courts become a super-legislature preempting matters from voter's decision? A more powerful King George has emerged in robes.

18 posted on 06/30/2003 7:41:01 AM PDT by ex-snook (Who recovers in a 'jobless recovery'?)
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To: mrsmith
Or did you read it as "...the Right of the Court to alter or abolish it..."?

You snipped that and took it completely out of contex. What you snipped says:

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,

That's not talking about a certain law, its about the government in general.

23 posted on 06/30/2003 9:49:53 AM PDT by HurkinMcGurkin
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