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To: BikerNYC
>>specifically stated that the States retain the right to regulate the rights of individuals not specifically mentioned in the Constitution<<

Can you murder me, claim the retained right to do so (it's not specifically mentioned in the Constitution, and the Constitution does not grant your State the right to legislate in this area)

That can't be right?

22 posted on 07/23/2002 7:55:53 AM PDT by Jim Noble
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To: Jim Noble
Can you murder me...?

No, because you retain the right not to be murdered.

Let's face it. There are many interpretations of what the Constitution says. The interpretation that wins is the one belonging to those with the power to say so. That doesn't make them Right, it only allows them to enforce their interpretation on the rest of us. Some day, hopefully, it will swing the other way and we will enforce our interpretation on them.
28 posted on 07/23/2002 8:03:31 AM PDT by BikerNYC
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To: Jim Noble
Dueling was the prescribed way of figuring out the problems of the 1800's.

Murder has always been against the prusuit of happyness. Hang them High Roy

104 posted on 07/23/2002 10:37:44 AM PDT by Baseballguy
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