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Old 01-29-2014, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by nolemmings View Post
Ah yes Clayton, Amendment Four. I remember reading something about that in law school, or maybe it was history class. Truly a beacon for the entire world. However, it became inconvenient and was gutted or "re-interpreted" in light of the Patriot Act. Now what red-blooded American can't get behind such a noble sounding piece of legislation? National security, "We're at War", "Can't let the Bastards win" and all that. Somebody lend me their fife and drum.
Those wonderful words like "unreasonable" have to be consistently reinterpreted in light of the times, no?
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