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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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To: zook
Given the manifestly simple language of the 14th Amendment, its authors' intent means nothing.

Therefore, by your logic, the intent of your reply is irrelevant.

71 posted on 04/25/2005 10:14:20 AM PDT by elbucko
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To: zook

A clear and cogent example, well done.


82 posted on 04/25/2005 6:45:58 PM PDT by middie
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