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To: Dead Corpse; DJ MacWoW; little jeremiah; metmom; trisham
Women and Negros could vote in 1792? That's news to me.

Or was it only White, Male, Land-owners?

You haven't answered my question, WHERE is that in the Constitution?

In the Founders time, those men listed would be someones PROPERTY and ineligible to hold office.

First of all, not all blacks were slaves. Secondly, WHERE in the Constitution does it indicate that blacks are ineligible for office?

You seem to be reading a lot of things into the Constitution that simply aren't there.

386 posted on 11/09/2010 9:04:02 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee
You haven't answered my question, WHERE is that in the Constitution?

You know as well as I do that it isn't in the Constitution up until the 14/15th Amendments. Voting regulations have always been set by the States. However, Federal laws set Citizenship. Women and racial minorities held in servitude were not given equal access to those Rights and were considered property.

Property cannot hold office. Nor could it vote.

Any more red herrings?

As for what is and isn't in the Constitution, are you sure you want to go down that road? FAA, FCC, DEA, NEA, DoE, NASA, etc... None of which have a single job duty laid out in Art 1 Sect 8.

But then again, neither is legislating sex between consenting adults, but that doesn't seem to slow you down either...

390 posted on 11/09/2010 9:20:24 AM PST by Dead Corpse (III, Alarm and Muster)
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