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You can believe in the constitution and not be a libertarian (Original Post) Harmony Blue Jun 2013 OP
Well, duh! AgingAmerican Jun 2013 #1
And apparently you can be a Paulite and find a home on DU. DURHAM D Jun 2013 #2
I've compiled a list of 73 Paulites on DU. How many are on your list? Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #4
Senator Joeseph McCarthy: "I have a list of 205 Communists in the State Department".... former9thward Jun 2013 #6
Exactly. Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #7
Funny how no one ever got to see that 'list,' eh? - nt HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #11
Well in later speeches he kept revising the numbers. former9thward Jun 2013 #12
Eerily reminiscent of another 'list' in American history (Joseph HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #9
Trust me! Luminous is not a member of the HUAC nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #13
The constitution is so yesterday. Didn't you here. We can just trust the government now think Jun 2013 #3
One can also "believe in" the Constitution... OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #5
LOL! So true! jazzimov Jun 2013 #8
Yep Tired of the idea that treestar Jun 2013 #14
The converse is not true. rug Jun 2013 #10
 

HardTimes99

(2,049 posts)
9. Eerily reminiscent of another 'list' in American history (Joseph
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 09:55 PM
Jun 2013

McCarthy's). Hope you were being facetious.

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
5. One can also "believe in" the Constitution...
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 09:44 PM
Jun 2013

and not understand one fucking word of it.

Not a call out, BTW, just an observation.

Anyway, what's not to believe?

jazzimov

(1,456 posts)
8. LOL! So true!
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 09:55 PM
Jun 2013

And that's one of the true issues at the heart of this whole "NSA leak" pseudo-scandal. Some people claim that it violates the 4th Amendment because of the lack of "probable cause warrants".

In fact, it does not if you actually read the leaked documents.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
14. Yep Tired of the idea that
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 10:05 PM
Jun 2013

things the courts have held up are violations of the Fourth Amendment in some uninformed person's view and they smugly type up or cut and paste the Fourth Amendment as if that's all there is to it.

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