DC> DC> JB> Some folks refuse to accept the Constitution and its intent.
DC> DC> JB> This is  why Madison argued against having the BOR.
DC> 
DC> DC>There goes yout Freedom of Religion clause.  

DC> JB> Without the BOR, there would be no enumerated powers for
DC> JB> government and  thus the states and the people would retain all
DC> JB> rights and power. 

DC>And who would enforce it?  Major freedoms require federal protection,
DC>or different states would have different laws.  

Freedom only requires protection from the government, not the people.


DC> JB> He  believed it was inherent in the Constitution or that Article
DC> JB> 1 could be  modified to ensure that the BOR was unnecessary.

DC>Like that clause on slavery?  It was slavery laws that nearly tore
DC>this  country apart.  Only the federal gvt held it together.  Imagine
DC>if  this country ended up as mini-states as in eastern Europe.  

It may before this is all over.  The minority factions within the 
liberal wing of the democrat party are tearing this country apart with 
their special interests.



Jeff

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