I have a digital copy on my droid...along with the declaration and other writing of our founding fathers.
-----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 4:01 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: There ought to be a law... On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:51 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> What she was trying to say that the phrase "separation of church and >> state" is not in the Constitution. That's a frequent talking point of >> the religious right, and factually correct. What her opponent was >> saying is that concept is there, but she apparently lacks the ability >> to comprehend at that level of logic. >> >> As for anyone born and bred in the US being ignorant of the >> Constitution...quick, without looking it up, tell me: >> >> When it was adopted. >> > > Adopted? not sure ....when was it ratified? I think that was 1789? 1789 I believe for ratification. 1787 was when it was adopted. >> How many amendments it has. >> > > Oh shit...no idea. 26? 27 I think, though 1 amendment repeals another amendment, so that would depend on whether you count Prohibition or not since it isn't currently in effect. >> The five rights identified in the first amendment >> > > Speech, press, peaceably assemble, religion.......um.....5? and petition for redress of grievances. > Which article and section defines the limits on congressional powers >> and what are those limits >> > > 10th? > > What are the limits? I dunno...everything not given to them are given to the > States, or to the people...? The 10th amendment sort of does but that is kind of a fall back one saying anything not specified herein falls back to the states and the people. I think she meant, where is the Commerce Clause defined, the ability to Declare War, etc. I know that the Commerce Clause is Article 1, Section 8, so I'd say that that is roughly where they are defined. I can't be more specific than that though. > I answered these just as you asked...at the risk of showing myself to be an > idiotic American :) But it's been 20+ years since I took social studies, and > since then, I just look things up when I need a refresher. So....there! The Constitution is a good thing to bone up on now and then. I have a little pocket copy of the Declaration and the Constitution in my backpack. If I'm out to lunch or something and don't have anything to read I'll sometimes browse through it. Yes, I'm a nerd. Jud ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329431 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
