On 10/11/06, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >But it doesn't, The Constitution doesn't deal with acts of war by > >foreigners. It deals with criminal acts. > > But it does. Trial by jury is an element of our culture that goes back to > either > Ethelred the Unready or to the Magna Carta, depending on who you ask. Either > one is close enough to a thousand years ago for me.
But NEITHER one is the US CONSTITUTION. We are not goverend by the Ethelred or the Magna Carta. Our framing documents may be able to trace their lineage back to either of those documents but that doesn't mean that they hold precedent over them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217345 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
