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To: zook
..regardless of the intent of its authors.

So then "intent" is irrelevant? Please explain that contradiction. Be sure to include your "intent" and whether it is to be considered as being relevant to your reply.

40 posted on 04/24/2005 11:03:38 AM PDT by elbucko
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To: elbucko

When I was in 2nd grade we had one of those workbook exercises where you had to match a question with an answer by drawing a line across two columns. I knew the answer to question 5 was C, but my line pointed somewhere between C and D. My teacher marked it wrong. "But I meant to draw it to C!" I said. "But you didn't!" she replied.

No. Given the manifestly simple language of the 14th Amendment, its authors' intent means nothing.


68 posted on 04/25/2005 5:55:35 AM PDT by zook
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