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Anyway, in my opinion it is utterly irrelevant that someone seeking to settle in the US understands or cares about its constitution
The appropriate things to test are:
Can they speak and understand the language they will need to use?
Do they understand the laws and customers they will be expected to live by?
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If someone comes in from Netherlands to be a research scientist, what possible vaue or difference to her views on the "Federalist Papers" have? Simply making people sit an exam on arbitary information about the structure of government serves only the function of not letting in people who cant be bothered to revise.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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