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To: tacticalogic

In 1865, the meanings of the words “former slave,” “negro,” and “person” were precisely what they are today.

The authors of the amendment wrote “person.”

The “intent” I said was irrelevant was the supposed intent to protect the rights of ONLY former slaves or negroes. That may have been the primary purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment, but the word “person” was chosen, not “former slave” or “negro.”


239 posted on 07/29/2011 3:25:27 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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To: Arthur McGowan
The “intent” I said was irrelevant was the supposed intent to protect the rights of ONLY former slaves or negroes. That may have been the primary purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment, but the word “person” was chosen, not “former slave” or “negro.”

That means that making abortion a federal crime was not their intent when they wrote and ratified that amendment.

You are proposing to use the text of an amendment to transfer a power from the States to the federal government that the people who wrote and ratified that amendment did not intent for it to transfer.

251 posted on 07/29/2011 8:41:54 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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