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Re: Where's Larry and Hoppy when you need 'em???
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:15:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1/18/15219/0788
k, it’s a lefty sight, but it has this excerpt from the Gonzales affair--
Specter: Now wait a minute, wait a minute. The Constitution says you can’t
take it away except in the case of invasion or rebellion. Doesn’t that mean
you have the right of habeas corpus?
Gonzales: I meant by that comment that the Constitution doesn’t say that
every individual in the United States or every citizen has or is assured the
right of habeas corpus. It doesn’t say that. It simply says that the right
of habeas corpus shall not be suspended.
Hmmmm, founding fathers being exclusionary? The literal text really does
say what Gonzales says it does.
But then again, the literal text of the 2nd really does say that the guns
are for the ‘well oiled militia’
Interpretations be damned, I say. Let’s go for the literal text!!!
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Well, you want your interpretation, and literal, too. Specter takes the
Constitution literally when he cites “except in the case of invasion or
rebellion”, but when Gonzales takes the Constitution literally, you cry foul.
JOHN
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I think Constitutions are like religious texts. “My” sides interpretation is
always the only valid one ;-)
Tim
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