On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 05:55:49PM -0700, Guy Smith wrote: > > You have to love the New York Times for their ability to spin just about > anything:
Indeed. I notice the lack of mention of Don Kates' pioneering work. > > [2]http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/us/06firearms.html?_r=1&oref=slogin > > > May 6, 2007 > > A Liberal Case for Gun Rights Helps Sway Judiciary > > By [3]ADAM LIPTAK > {GS: The one time I met Amar he impressed me as neither liberal > nor conservative, just perfectly academic} I have not had the honor of meeting Prof. Amar, but I have read his "The Bill of Rights". (Yale University Press, 1998). I agree that you cannot classify him as either liberal or conservative (if either term means anything anymore). I recommend it. > > The Second Amendment says, "A well regulated militia, being > necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the > people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." (Some > transcriptions of the amendment omit the last comma.) Nice of them to admit that the comma issue exists. Is there some rule that says that every article about a 2nd Amdnt case has to quote it in full? Would a report on a case involving the 1st or 5th Amdnts quote those at length? I suppose we should be thankful that the reporter at least knows what it says. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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