RE: Another John Young Sighting
> -Original Message- > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 20:57 > > > Sounds like the Discordian concept that everyone is a Pope, > and therefore > infallible, even when they disagree with one another. > > Hail Eris. > All hail Discordia! > -- > Eric Michael Cordian 0+ > O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division > "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law" Ever lovable and always scrappy, kawaii
Uniform Police apparently unconstitutional
http://www.constitution.org/lrev/roots/cops.htm "Police work is often lionized by jurists and scholars who claim to employ "textualist" and "originalist" methods of constitutional interpretation. Yet professional police were unknown to the United States in 1789, and first appeared in America almost a half-century after the Constitution's ratification. The Framers contemplated law enforcement as the duty of mostly private citizens, along with a few constables and sheriffs who could be called upon when necessary. This article marshals extensive historical and legal evidence to show that modern policing is in many ways inconsistent with the original intent of America's founding documents. The author argues that the growth of modern policing has substantially empowered the state in a way the Framers would regard as abhorrent to their foremost principles." (Stolen from Declan's Politech list and reposted here.) Ever lovable and always scrappy, kawaii