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To: Congressman Billybob

That’s assuming that the Roe v. Wade had a constititutional basis - which I don’t believe it does. Bad law is bad law.


69 posted on 05/20/2007 4:46:56 AM PDT by DB
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To: DB
Neither I nor Chief Justice Rehnquist assume that there is a constitutional basis for Roe v. Wade. Let me offer a, believe it or not, non-controversial example to prove the point.

The Electoral College was created for the sole purpose of having the Electors exercise their discretion in voting for President (and Vice President). The language of the Constitution about the College has not changed from then to now, except for the differentiation between President and Vice President.

In the meantime, most states have made it a felony, and an automatic resignation, for any Elector to attempt to vote differently than he was pledged, when elected. The whole concept of the Electoral College has been turned on its head. Still, I guarantee that any constitutional challenge to this change will fail -- because it has been too long, more than two centuries, since the plain language of the constitution was first violated (in the election of John Adams, as the second President).

Does that example make sense?

Congressman Billybob

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73 posted on 05/20/2007 7:18:06 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Please visit www.ArmorforCongress.com)
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