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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....
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To: jlallen who wrote (524)9/6/1999 4:01:00 PM
From: chalu2  Read Replies (1) of 6418
 
Outlawing fornication would violate the constitution.

By the way, you may recall that one of the earliest Supreme Court justices was a man name Bushrod Washington, a distant relative of George Washington. He apparently had a wry sense of humor, and in a case involving judicial abstention, he wrote:

In the intercourse of foreign affairs, it is clear that the President must always be the primary Organ. .

It's unfortunate that this quote is not cited more often.
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