The US constitution says it does not enumerate people's rights, but if the framers really intended that, they should not have listed rights at all. Instead, they should have drawn much clearer boundaries around the powers of the government.
Just truncate the First Amendment to its first five words.
Charles U. Farley /
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2024-09-05 13:56:11
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