If memory serves right, the Arkansas state legislature some years back OFFICIALLY re-defined the mathematical abstract of Pi by rounding it off!!!
Arkansas bridges falling down, falling down, falling down... -Terry Liberty Parker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian --- In [email protected], Jon Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is why the Supreme Court was essentially correct in /Roe v. Wade/ (although > the reasoning in the opinion was faulty) to adopt the position that the Court had > to adopt a uniform definition of personhood that would apply to all states, > because rights attach to "persons", as a matter of law: non-persons don't have > rights, and things with rights trump things without rights if there is a conflict. > That doesn't mean the state can protect "non-persons" as a kind of public > property. It can protect animals, historic places, beautiful scenery, etc., but > not on the basis that those things have "rights" in themselves. > > Suppose /Roe/ were overturned. That would, in effect, leave each state to define > personhood differently. The Red States might define it to exclude Democrats, and > the Blue States to exclude Republicans. They could each make it legal to shoot > non-persons (in season). You might think that improbable, but left to redefine > personhood, there is no telling what kind of bizarre definitions state legislators > or judges might come up with. > > -- Jon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Our efforts depend on donations from people like you. Directions > for donors are at http://www.constitution.org/whatucando.htm > Constitution Society 7793 Burnet Road #37, Austin, TX 78757 > 512/374-9585 www.constitution.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Get your free digital certificate from http://www.thawte.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
