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To: Neocon who wrote (54779)10/30/2000 5:11:52 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670
 
Fourth, these are public policy decisions that should be made in the legislatures, with the participation of
relevant executive officials, but do not particularly belong in the courts, especially if the court is going to use a
mechanical notion of "equality" as a proxy for equity.


Constitutional questions of equality do indeed belong in the courts. "Equal protection of the laws" is found in the constitution.