> Hi Platt, > > Are you saying that there is no right to privacy? I think "pursuit of > happiness" is the liberal idea that we al.l get to pursue our own idea > of the good so long as it doesn't interfere with anyone else's and > that this ammounts to a limited right to privacy among others. > > Best, > Steve
Hi Steve, I'm saying there is no right to privacy in the Constitution any more than there is a right to a free lunch or a warm bed. "Pursuit of happiness" is in the Declaration, not the Constitution. The Declaration is not law. The "liberal idea" you refer to is not in the Constitution. The Supreme Court is charged with interpreting the meaning of what is written in the Constitution, not enforcing moral philosophy, Christian, Humanism or otherwise. Regards, Platt . > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Platt Holden <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ron - > > > >> The ninth and tenth amendments were included to make absolutely sure > there > >> was no misunderstanding about the limited powers the Constitution > grants > >> to the federal government. > >> Amendment IX: > >> The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be > >> construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. > >> Amendment X: > >> The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, > nor > >> prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States > respectively, > >> or to the people. > >> Now, where's the right to privacy? > >> It is clearly in those two amendments. > > > > Usually I agree with Harry Browne, but not in this case. Amendment X > talks > > about powers, not rights. Amendment IX is so vague as to allow reading > into > > whatever rights someone thinks people ought to have, like the right to > a > > free lunch and a warm bed. > > > > But Browne is certainly right about education. "Perhaps the greatest > > mistake made in American history was in allowing government to educate > our > > children." We are now witnessing the deplorable results. That Obozo > wants > > to throw more money at a failing system would be laughable if it wasn't > so > > criminally wasteful, like the rest of his multi-trillion dollar > > boondoggles. > > > > Platt Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
