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Dred Scott's Revenge - By applying positivism instead of natural law, 19th century courts...
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| May 14, 2009
| Andrew Napolitano
Posted on 05/14/2009 7:45:29 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: fortheDeclaration
Via Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Richard Hooker, Thomas Reid, et al.
The problem is that they do not teach logic, philosophy, or how to understand the basic propositions in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. This is a serious problem in American society. People don't understand the Constitution, Law, Reason, or basic common sense.
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To: neverdem
From what I understand, tolerating slavery in the South at the time of the Constitution Convention was necessary for ratification and so the birth of America.
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05/14/2009 11:16:20 PM PDT
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TheThinker
(America doesn't have a president. It has a usurper.)
To: muawiyah
In the Treaty of Paris each unit of the Colony of New England was treated as an independent nation, so you ended up with Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire ~ rather than just “New England”.
I think what you are trying to say is that under the Articles of Confederation each state had one vote, therefore the New England states had more power than their population size would warrant. The Treaty of Paris had nothing to do with it.
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posted on
05/15/2009 1:24:56 AM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(It's a sin to mock a killing bird. And in general very risky.)
To: muawiyah
OK. I will allow you to continue in your delusion. :)
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posted on
05/15/2009 5:26:51 AM PDT
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Sherman Logan
(Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
To: TheThinker
Absolutely. Had the Founders attempted to implement the full implications of the Declaration of Independence in the Constitution, including women’s suffrage and full equality of blacks before the law, not a single state would have ratified it.
As Patton said, insisting on perfection is the best way to prevent anything good from happening.
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05/15/2009 5:29:19 AM PDT
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Sherman Logan
(Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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