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There it is. Dick Turbin has clearly admitted that the right to "privacy", in his mind a synonym for the right to kill an unborn child, is NOT written in the text of the Constitution and has no basis therein.
1 posted on 11/03/2005 5:33:12 AM PST by Veritas et equitas ad Votum
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To: mattdono

Turbin ping.


2 posted on 11/03/2005 5:33:39 AM PST by Veritas et equitas ad Votum (If the Constitution "lives and breathes", it dies.)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum
one of the unenumerated rights

Good Catch! Isn't it funny how Turbin Durbin is SPECIFICALLY LOOKING for a jurist to even believe in "unenumerated rights"?

Hmm...seems like a consistent case of the leftist looking for things that don't exist in the Constitution (or taken things away that do exist) to meet their own political agendas.

Sad.

3 posted on 11/03/2005 5:37:26 AM PST by mattdono ("Crush the RATs and RINOs, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the scumbags" - Arnie)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum
WOW!
I'm glad 'my' senator believes sooooooo much in my unenumerated right to privacy.

So I guess he won't mind if I buy a 'MACHINE GUN' today and keep it in my bedroom.

~~Durbin Mocking off~~

4 posted on 11/03/2005 5:39:55 AM PST by Condor51 (Leftists are moral and intellectual parasites - Standing Wolf)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum
While I don't know what privacy has to do with abortion, the unenumerated rights can be found here...

Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

If rights do not exist independent of government, then you agree that the government has control of what rights you have and can recind them if it desires to do so.

5 posted on 11/03/2005 5:43:02 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

i have noted several dems making similar statements. i think they are setting this up so they can whine and complain about him betraying them after he gets confirmed and they know he will be confirmed.


6 posted on 11/03/2005 5:43:43 AM PST by fatrat
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum
of course there is an unenumerated right to privacy in the constitution... but that doesn't mean you have a right to kill an innocent child in the privacy of your home, doctors office or back ally, any more than you have a right to commit any other crime while in the privacy of your home.
7 posted on 11/03/2005 5:46:09 AM PST by conservative physics
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

He really puts emphasis on the Dick in Dick Durbin.


9 posted on 11/03/2005 5:47:57 AM PST by new yorker 77 (FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum
Not going to work Turbin.

Alito was Baptized by liberal outrage and Confirmed by Bork, Levin and many more conservatives.

Enjoy.

10 posted on 11/03/2005 5:49:21 AM PST by new yorker 77 (FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

Does the unborn child also have a right to privacy? Should it not have a right to be secure ?


11 posted on 11/03/2005 5:50:53 AM PST by bert (K.E. ; N.P . Chicken spit causes flu....... Fox News)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

If enumerated rights are outlawed, only outlaws will have enumerated rights...


13 posted on 11/03/2005 5:55:03 AM PST by FDNYRHEROES (Liberals are not optimistic; they are delusional.)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

..has anyone asked AJ Durbin for a copy of the famous letter he got from a so called agent?

Doogle


14 posted on 11/03/2005 6:02:29 AM PST by Doogle (USAF...7thAF ..4077th TFW...408th MMS..Ubon Thailand.."69",,Night Line Delivery..AMMO)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

A transparent attempt by Durbin to set off outrage similar to what happened with the Miers nomination. Pathetic.


19 posted on 11/03/2005 6:18:20 AM PST by NatsFan
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

I believe I have a right to privacy--but that right doesn't extend to the protection of killing, rape, child molestation or any number of activities that are against the laws of society.


25 posted on 11/03/2005 7:38:59 AM PST by wildbill
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

I thought the ONLY right to provacy in the Constiution coverd the issuance of search warrents for evidence.


47 posted on 11/03/2005 12:51:02 PM PST by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

They have the whole issue upside down (as do many "conservatives"). A right need not be enumerated in the Constitution for it to be held by individuals. The format of the Constitution is to list explicitly the various powers and legitimate areas of interest for the government. The onus is on THEM to show how where the Constitution ALLOWS them to invade someone's privacy, not upon the individual to find a provision prohibiting such invasion. Anything not explicitly addressed should be decided in favor of the citizen and against the government.


49 posted on 11/03/2005 12:58:33 PM PST by Still Thinking (Disregard the law of unintended consequences at your own risk.)
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

I've posted this before and wonder if anyone else has heard this.

A friend of mine, a democrat, was at a fund raiser of some type several weeks ago, and over heard Durbin talking about taxing transactions on the internet e.g. like on eBAy. He would be in favor of a "federal" law that would tax online "garage sale" like transactions e.g. eBay of new items and "used" items that sell for over $500.

I have not been able to verify this, but it came from a democrat friend who has come to realize that Durbin is the idiot we all think he is.

Has anyone else heard this? I think it is a question that someone should pose to him and to people like Hillary for that matter.

n


69 posted on 11/04/2005 9:28:07 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

It seems rather odd to ask anyone who undergoes the virtual vivisection that a Supreme court candidate must undergo whether or not he believes in a right to privacy. If a criminal suspect had his life taken apart the way these respected judges must, his lawyer would scream.


73 posted on 11/04/2005 10:42:37 AM PST by jmcenanly
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To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum

It seems rather odd to ask anyone who undergoes the virtual vivisection that a Supreme court candidate must undergo whether or not he believes in a right to privacy. If a criminal suspect had his life taken apart the way these respected judges must, his lawyer would scream.


74 posted on 11/04/2005 10:44:26 AM PST by jmcenanly
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