Time: Sun Nov 24 19:21:42 1996 To: "dR.DavE" <dr.dave@pobox.com> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Self-Rule Cc: Bcc: At 01:56 PM 11/24/96 +1000, you wrote: >On Sun, 24 Nov 1996 11:20:02 -0800 (PST), Bob Tiernan wrote: > >>On Thu, 9 Nov 1995, Richard P. Burke wrote: >> >>> Jim, what you have missed is that no rights of any kind can ever >>> by secured without the rule of law. Without the rule of law, the the >>> definition of what "rights" are become subjective. What happens when >>> two people sincerely are at odds over what a "right" is? Only through >>> the rule of law can rights be objectively defined and protected. >> >>Hmmm....the First and Second Amendments are not laws. They most certainly are laws. See the Supremacy Clause. They are not only laws, they are the supreme laws of the Land! /s/ Paul Mitchell > >In the broadest sense of the term, I believe they are in that they authorize or >prohibit specific laws and common law. It may be a matter of semantics. > >---- >dR.Dave....making the | David L. Vessell, Wilsonville OR >world safe for | dr.dave@pobox.com >intelligent dance music | Powered by OS/2 Warp > > >
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