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Old 03-19-2005, 02:14 AM   #85 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tarl Cabot
Well, the parts of it they like, at least. For fun, we once called up the local head of the ACLU, and asked him why they don't do more in regard to the tenth amendment.

His answer was, and I quote, "That's a strange amendment."
The ACLU's mission is not to abstractly defend the Bill of Rights. The ACLU takes a position on civil liberties issues and then defends them, whether or not those issues are outlined in the Bill of Rights.

Tarl, you are acting awfully smug for someone who apparantly believes that the American Civil Liberties Union should spend its time on a non-civil liberties-focused amendment like the Tenth.
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