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To: Ken H
Corfield says nothing about rights.

Douglass said, "the words "privileges and immunities" comprehend all the rights ... which belong to a person in a state of civil society". (He didn't say, "the words "privileges and immunities" comprehend all the rights ... which belong to a Citizen of a state.) I listed a whole bunch of those belonging to a person in a state of civil society in an earlier post.

1,215 posted on 03/14/2007 2:46:59 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
Corfield says nothing about rights.

Bull. Justice Washington, Corfield:

Protection by the government; the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the right to acquire and possess property of every kind, and to pursue and obtain happiness and safety;

-snip-

These, and many others which might be mentioned, are, strictly speaking, privileges and immunities,"

Douglass said, "the words "privileges and immunities" comprehend all the rights ... which belong to a person in a state of civil society". (He didn't say, "the words "privileges and immunities" comprehend all the rights ... which belong to a Citizen of a state.)

So? He was defining P&I, not saying how they applied to Article IV or the States.

I listed a whole bunch of those belonging to a person in a state of civil society in an earlier post.

Like the right to travel, and the right to commerce. So you do agree that P&I does include at least some fundamental rights. What evidence do you have that the Founders thought the terms "privileges" and "immunities" did not comprehend fundamental rights?

1,219 posted on 03/14/2007 4:29:16 PM PDT by Ken H
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