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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush
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To: jttmab who wrote (5305)7/20/2001 2:40:28 AM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) of 93284
 
The First Amendment's "right of the people to assemble peaceably and petition the government for a redress of grievances" has been interpreted by the Supreme Court as an individual right. You don't want to give that up.

The Fourth Amendment guarantee of "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures" has been interpreted as an individual right. You don't want to give that up. Registration amounts to an unreasonable search, which could and has resulted in unreasonable seizure in other countries (Australia for one).

In the Federalist Papers, Madison states that the "governments [of Europe] are afraid to trust the people with arms." Madison was implicitly referring to individuals because he contrasted "people" to government, which refused to recognize the people's right to be armed.

Madison spoke of "the advantage of being armed" which Americans possess over the people of almost any other nation." The advantage in question was not merely the protection of borders which could be accomplished by a standing army; Madison knew that an armed public was advantageous in protecting individual liberty.

Including, to return to the central point of your question, the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment.
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