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To: bentway who wrote (211531)	1/2/2007 4:24:35 PM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 281500

What about slavery Elroy. Should the states be able to decide that too? The "original intent" of the Constitution didn't consider blacks as equal to whites. Obviously, and the states did legislate regarding slavery prior to the civil war. There's an amendment to the constitution outlawing slavery. I forget which one, probably learned it in high school civics. If slavery was not discussed in any way in the constitution, it was not the role of the Supreme Court to determine policy regarding slavery. The purpose of the Supreme Court is not to get laws passed that you can't get the electorate to vote for, it is to rule on whether existing laws are in line with or against the constitution. If the constitution doesn't discuss a topic, the legislature should set policy on that topic, not the Supreme Court.