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echo: god.and.gov
to: Richard Hong
from: Tanj
date: 2000-03-13 23:12:14
subject: Re: So, its Census time. Ready to bear your soul?

From: "Tanj" 

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.

"Richard Hong"  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
>
>
>

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