From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" 

The constitution sounds admirably similar to a RISC processor.... gs

"Tanj"  wrote in message
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> So, how are the states to be labs testing the constitution?  First kick
out
> all the Americans who went there under the assumption that the
constitution
> and freedom to move within the union was basic?  Then, having done that,
> heck why not secede?
>
> I agree that local variation is valuable and protected, but the union does
> have a constitution, and the states individually benefit from the strength
> of the whole, and that whole is founded on the constitution.  The
> constitution is admirably brief, contrast it with any other part of the
> legal system it is miniscule, and most parts of it were closely argued.
It
> seems reasonable that such a brief set of rules might be needed to keep
the
> union as one people.
>
> - Tanj
>
> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> >
> > "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l"
 wrote in message
> > news:3924ba31{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
> > > news:3924b578{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> > > Though the law often has little to do with logic, I would see other
> > > provisions of the First Amendment enjoying the same protection at the
> > state
> > > level....
> >
> > I think this is has been established through a (long?) series of Supreme
> > Court decisions, but I don't think it is intrinsic to the Constitution
as
> > originally consitu..., er, written .
> >
> > Ah'm a suthuna, son, and think the states do have rights.
> >
> > The problem with the idea of state's rights is the homogeneity of
American
> > culture; the states are no longer the "laboratories"
for self-government
> > that the founders envisioned.
> >
> > I think majority attitudes in most states differ very little on
> "hot-button"
> > issues like drugs and homosexual marriage, and so some people looking
for
> a
> > place where their particular predilictions are sanctioned have trouble
> > finding one.
> >
> >
>
>

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