DC>I took your advice myself and re read the US Constitution... and for that
  >matter a few other items... such as once more thru my favorite the D.o.I..
DC>All I could find in the Constitution was reference to the fact that 
anything
  >not claimed as a right under it, was fair game for States to enshrine...
  >Not one mention of a right to drive a car...  I could not seem to find a
  >reference to the often claimed right to travel freely... (our friend might
  >try claiming a free airline flight under that one)... which is mentioned 
n
  >several bicycle related groups I've frequented. More research is required 
th
I hear all sorts of things claimed about the constitution by wierd
fringe groups, including a lot of "Let's return to the original ideas of
the founding fathers."  I almost always respond to *that* statement with
the question, "Why do you want to take away my right to vote?"  I then
get all sorts of wierd arguements about how that *wasn't* the founding
fathers original intent; but the original constitution did, in fact,
prohibit my voting.  It *was* their original intent.  I don't want to
ever go back to the original ideas of the founding fathers.  I'm
delighted we have amendments.
DC>Either way, neither document prohibits laws that protect the PUBLIC from
  >hazards and dangerous thinking... in fact the D.o.I states LIFE as being
  >the premiere right... thus if it did indeed lead to the Constitution, then
  >protection of LIFE would be the prime goal there as well, with all other
  >rights subservient to that...  Which is in reality, the way it is...
Yep!
DC>For some reason I can't find my copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and
  >Freedoms... a newer document, for comparison...  We have the now infamous
  >'NOTWITHSTANDING' clause... used by Elijah Harper to mess up the 
governments
  >plans to alter our constitution... at Meech Lake... one for the NA side...
I think I'll go find the Canadian Charter of Rights and freedoms; and
read it myself.
                   Sondra
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