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To: dsc

Please read the 9th amendment. This isn’t rocket science.


39 posted on 09/07/2009 8:16:50 PM PDT by wireplay
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To: wireplay

“Please read the 9th amendment.”

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

“This isn’t rocket science.”

So why don’t you get it?

That passage means that the possibility exists that there are *some* rights not enumerated in the Constitution. It does not mean that *everything* not specifically named is a right. There is a nearly infinite number of things not enumerated as rights that are not, in fact, rights.

If you wish to establish that being a drug addict and all associated behaviors are rights, then it is up to you to make a case that persuades enough other people that drug laws are repealed.


44 posted on 09/07/2009 9:43:04 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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