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2006-11-12 15:14:27 · 3 answers · asked by star 2 in Politics & Government Government

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You dont need a lawyer to tell you what the Constitution says anymore than you need a priest to tell you what the Bible says.

Read it for yourself. The wording is quite clear.

2006-11-12 15:16:29 · answer #1 · answered by big-brother 3 · 0 2

Forget what you've heard. Go back to your history books. Learn WHY specific ammendments were written... Jefferson understood well that "freedom" is only gained through wealth. When he wrote of freedom, he was referring to the tyrrany of taxation that was robbing money from the colonialists. Think about it. If you have money, you are not enslaved to creditors and those who have money. Freedom.
Freedom of Religion. Was never intended to be interpretted as freedom FROM religion. Maddison, Jay, Jefferson and Henry were responsible for writing what we now call The Constitution. Henry wanted the ammendment to read that every man with voting rights be required to be a member and pay tithings to a church. Had this been allowed, we would have been no better than the British who paid homage to the Church of England which answered to the government. That being the case, why fight the war? Fortunately for us, they convinced Henry to run for Governor of Virginia. Doing this, allowed him no say in the writing of the Constitution. And the rest is shall we say... OK, I won't go there.
Interpretation is subjective and is subject to popular belief. We need to be more objective.

2006-11-12 23:33:54 · answer #2 · answered by Doc 7 · 0 2

Any Judge, then if you would like to over turn their intrepretation then the Supreme Court

2006-11-12 23:16:48 · answer #3 · answered by YO Y 2 · 0 2

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