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To: P_A_I
It restricts ALL levels of government in the USA, joe. You simply will not admit that principle.

Only according to one interpretation of the Fourteenth amendment, as the article you posted discusses. The Bill of Rights could not apply to the states before the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified. You simply will not admit that.

We let fully informed juries decide if laws are repugnant to the Constitution.

No we let the Supreme Court decide that rights not mentioned in the constitution like the right to murder your baby are inviolable.

The principle is there joe, in the 2nd, the 9th & 10th

The Bill of Rights is a list of restrictions on government, It does not make any claim that everyone has a right to do whatever they want provided they don't violate another's rights. Some crimes don't involve the violation of anyone's rights.

34 posted on 06/01/2005 5:59:53 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe
The Constitution/BOR's restricts ALL levels of government in the USA, joe. You simply will not admit that principle.

Only according to one interpretation of the Fourteenth amendment, as the article you posted discusses. The Bill of Rights could not apply to the states before the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified. You simply will not admit that.

You ignore Article VI joe, which clearly says that States must support the US Constitution, "notwithstanding" anything to the contrary in their own constitutions.

We let fully informed juries decide if laws are repugnant to the Constitution.

No we let the Supreme Court decide that rights not mentioned in the constitution like the right to murder your baby are inviolable.

Hype. -- Roe simply said that State legislators could not decree that early term abortion was murder. Only juries decide what is murder.

The principle is there joe, in the 2nd, the 9th & 10th. And due process must be followed in the writing of laws.

The Bill of Rights is a list of restrictions on government, It does not make any claim that everyone has a right to do whatever they want provided they don't violate another's rights.

That principle is rationally inherent in our system joe. That you seem to be incapable of understanding it is sad & unfortunate.

Some crimes don't involve the violation of anyone's rights.

Interesting. Can you explain?

36 posted on 06/01/2005 6:29:14 PM PDT by P_A_I
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Some crimes don't involve the violation of anyone's rights.

Please tell us those crimes and where in the Constitution the government is authorized to stop those "crimes."

Go pray before the altar of the New Deal. Those are the people who saw your vision of what the government is empowered to do.

94 posted on 06/02/2005 7:49:03 AM PDT by Haru Hara Haruko
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