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To: Squantos
Is there any Little-Gators here at FR (or anywhere else) that can explain this Judges (legal & constitutional) basis for his instruction to not mention the constitution ?

You rarely hear judges say it as baldly as this one does, but this is pretty much the law everywhere (and has been since a US Supreme Court decision in around 1890). Constitutional questions are issues of law, for the judge to decide; if the judge decides the law is unconstitutional, he will throw it out, but if he decides it's not, you can't argue your constitutional claims in front of the jury.

171 posted on 05/16/2002 11:43:04 AM PDT by Lurking Libertarian
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To: Lurking Libertarian
Can one not "quote" the exact text of the same Constitution that gives the Judicial Branch their authority to alledgedly conduct themselves in such a seditious manner ? I only ask as I don't understand this process .....nor do I like it.

Stay Safe !

182 posted on 05/16/2002 11:55:57 AM PDT by Squantos
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