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Originally Posted by Pearl Trade
Everyone should just look at the Constitution as the end-all for problems.
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This made me think of an episode of The West Wing:
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BARTLET
Peyton, do I have the right to put on an ugly plaid jacket and a loud
polka-dot tie and
walk down Main Street?
HARRISON
Yes.
BARTLET
Where in the Constitution is that right guaranteed?
HARRISON
First Amendment. Freedom of expression.
BARTLET
What about the use of cream in my coffee? Surely, there can be no free speech
argument
to be made there?
HARRISON
No.
BARTLET
So you have no objection to the state of New Hampshire passing a law banning
use of cream
in coffee?
HARRISON
I would have strong objection, Mr. President, as I like cream as well,
but I would have no
Constitutional basis to strike down the law when you brought this case to
the Supreme Court.
BARTLET
As I lose the votes of coffee drinkers everywhere.
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The constitution really isn't a catch all.