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By the tenets of leftist moral relativism, one man's beheading is just another man's religious exercise. Don't you agree?

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James Madison's Speech to House of Representatives Proposing Bill of Rights

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June 8, 1789
I am sorry to be accessary to the loss of a single moment of time by th ...

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed78.htm

Federalist #78 in its entirety:
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[Hamilton]

To the People of the State of New York:

WE PROCEED now to an examination of the judiciary ...

This and the other two threads dealing with the Constitution, Bill of Rights, judiciary, etc., have been stimulating.

A lot of views have been expressed and questions raised. Among the questions I ...

huh?
could you rephrase this? i've read it over a few times now and
really don't get what you are saying is a "mistake". thank you

I'm sorry for not being clear. On re-reading your statement, per ...

Ok, this is probably where we'll part ways. A Justice who imposes his or her personal beliefs and philosophy on his or her interpretation of the law is first and foremost foregoing the personal pledge ...

there was never a precedent to "interpret" our laws and constituion
pre 1900. it was the precedent to find the ORIGINAL INTENT
of the writers.

That is mistaken. Aside from Marbury, original inten ...

there was never a precedent to "interpret" our laws and constituion
pre 1900. it was the precedent to find the ORIGINAL INTENT
of the writers.

That is mistaken. Aside from Marbury, original inten ...

"Therefore in practice the terms of your contract with the nation trump your individual rights because you signed them away when you chose to live here and be governed by the terms of the contract. " ...

publius;

Its interesting you would bring Jackson into this...

My point, and this goes back to the initial posts though probably not expressed as well as I could have is this: The poll as writ ...

Publius,

You're just parsing words. Without a legal contract between the people and the government wherein the people cede certain of their individual rights to the government for the common go ...

ASPB and Marine4Life, kindly explain how your views are consistent with judge Jackson's statement. I could compare and contrast them but let's hear from you directly. If you think Jackson is wrong and ...

What seems to be a problem here in understanding whether law supercedes rights or vice versa, has to do with laws restricting rights and therefore, law seeming to be superior.

No right, including ...

I think it has more to do the with the lack of clarity and bias in the way the question was posed. If it were made clear that rights are embodied in the organic law of the nation either specifically ...

ASPB posted his long copy and paste while I was writing my abbreviated history and explanation of rights, liberties, the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Now this: Your contempt for the beliefs of ...