Today is Constitution Day (okay, technically it's tomorrow, but I'm celebrating today)! All day long will be posts about the Constitution here. Scroll down to read the posts as they appear all day long (this post will remain at the top). What's your favorite part?
Posted by: Machelle at September 16, 2005 12:50 PM (ZAyoW)
Posted by: Ogre at September 16, 2005 12:59 PM (/k+l4)
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While I immediately think of good old #2; that is a very serious question ... and one that is hard to answer.
EG -
: would firearm ownership be all that useful if "they" could just take it from you? (Sure, you might shoot one or two of them, but that is a losing fight (atleast for you!)).
: Not everyone owns a firearm, but everyone has a voice ...
: Or would firearms be that useful is noone could afford them?
etc. etc.
/TJ
PS - Having said that, I think I will stick with #2 as the single most important.
Posted by: TJ at September 16, 2005 01:20 PM (PL7dL)
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Actually tomorrow (September 17) is Constitution Day. But good getting a jump on it during the week.
Favorite -- the 1st Amendment. No democratic country with a free press has ever had a famine. Accountability is the first line of defense of a free people.
Posted by: Terry Turner at September 16, 2005 01:25 PM (LQJdM)
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Hmmm... I wonder if I should have made the question more difficult and asked which part of the Constitution (sans Amendments) is your favorite...
Thanks for stopping by!
Posted by: Ogre at September 16, 2005 01:56 PM (/k+l4)
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Ogre, these posts will be a great resource. Going to dig into them this evening -- while my wife will be off at a college lecture on the challenges/problems with the Judiciary. (Sounds like a romantic evening to moi!)
Posted by: The MaryHunter at September 16, 2005 03:56 PM (SRaIZ)
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My favorite part is the first paragraph:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Yet We the People are loosing our constitutional rights because of groups like the ACLU.
I WANT OUR RIGHTS BACK!
Posted by: JustaDog at September 16, 2005 07:04 PM (qtv7U)
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TMH -- tell her to take a copy of the Constitution with her -- even if it does confuse the instructor.
And JustaDog, I couldn't agree more - I want my rights!
Posted by: Ogre at September 16, 2005 07:24 PM (iJFc9)
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You are on a ROLL dude.
Posted by: jason at September 17, 2005 01:10 AM (2leSc)
Posted by: Ogre at September 17, 2005 08:44 AM (iJFc9)
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Ogre, the Sig OtherHunter had a real treat: the lecturer was George Mason U's Nelson Lund (
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/law/faculty/bio.php?fac=31 ), whose latest publication is "Lawrence v. Texas and Judicial Hubris" (
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=534343 ). The guy was captivating, brilliant, and held no punches when it came to systematically dismissing the likes of Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer & Co. as abject kooks who are seriously undermining the Judiciary and the nation with their disregard for the Constitution and principles of good law.
I so wish I had been there... Wife is going to get a printed copy of the talk, lemme know if you're interested.
Posted by: The MaryHunter at September 17, 2005 09:57 AM (SRaIZ)
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Oh, you betcha! If you can get me a copy of that, I'd LOVE to read it! Thanks for the offer!!
Posted by: Ogre at September 17, 2005 01:58 PM (iJFc9)
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I've been thinking about this today - and my favorite is the First.
All the other liberties stem from this. BOTH parts of the Establishmnet Clause, however.
Oh, and the 21st isn't bad either!
Posted by: Peter Porcupine at September 17, 2005 06:03 PM (kltgP)
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The 21st? Well that one was a step in the right direction, eh?
Posted by: Ogre at September 17, 2005 07:07 PM (iJFc9)
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