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- From: niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent)
- Subject: Re: fornication
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.015724.22592@Princeton.EDU>
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- Keywords: Sin taxes
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- References: <4579@unisql.UUCP> <qZqNXB4w165w@dogear.spk.wa.us>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 01:57:24 GMT
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- In <qZqNXB4w165w@dogear.spk.wa.us> bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick) says:
- >wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie) writes:
- >> In article <19573@smoke.brl.mil> matt@smoke.brl.mil (Matthew Rosenblatt) writ
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- >> >1) Does this decision make fornication a Constitutional right?
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- >> It already is, Matt. "Pursuit of happiness" and all that,
- >> y'know.
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- >The Preamble has no force of law. It is dicta --a preface and nothing more.
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- First of all, this is the Declaration, not the Preamble.
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- And secondly, my Con Interp professor might dispute this just a little.
- He argues that the Constitution and the constitution are not necessarily
- the same thing. The constitution could be said to consist of the
- Declaration, the Federalist, and other documents as well. And, I suppose,
- if you believe Gary Wills, the Gettysburg Address.
-
- --
- David M. Nieporent | "We don't need anymore [sic] wretched refuse. It's
- niepornt@phoenix. | time to send the Statue of Liberty somewhere else"
- princeton.edu | -- Jack "Not a bigot" Schmidling, 1/7/93
- Baltimore Orioles 93 |
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