From: Todd Larson 

Well, the constitution required the government to count the people. The
government passed the buck.  What's new?

On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 23:12:15 -0800, "Tanj"  wrote:

>Ah, but it is not just *asking*.  It is requiring you answer.  All of them.
>Else suffer a fine.
>
>Is that constitutional?  Even the police can't do that to you when
>investigating a crime.
>
richhong{at}hawksci.com> wrote in message
>news:38cdb2b7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Randy,
>>
>> The problem is simple: just because the Constitution mandates only the one
>> question, it does not mean that Congress cannot authorize the asking of
>> additional questions.  Just because the Constitution doesn't mandate the
>> additional questions doesn't mean that the additional questions are
>> unconstitutional.
>>
>> I don't see how asking the additional questions violates my Constitutional
>> rights, given the nature of the questions.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
>>
>


 -Todd

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