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To: Sloth
The government cannot suspend constitutional rights just because they feel like it.

Ummmmmmmmmmm - Lincoln did! In a time of war no less!

19 posted on 01/09/2004 11:12:49 AM PST by Core_Conservative (ODC-GIRL - the love of my life! - supporting Homeland Defense!)
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To: Core_Conservative
The government cannot suspend constitutional rights just because they feel like it.
Ummmmmmmmmmm - Lincoln did! In a time of war no less!


Yes, and 5 years later Lincoln was forced to restore those rights because the Supreme Court was threatening to rule against him on appeal.
20 posted on 01/09/2004 11:27:31 AM PST by Robson
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To: Core_Conservative
See my caveat in #18.
21 posted on 01/09/2004 11:40:24 AM PST by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
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