"...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First
Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless the
government has a 'compelling interest' in censoring the Internet. The
Second Amendment doesn't say you have the right to keep and bear arms
until some madman plants a bomb. The Fourth Amendment doesn't say you
have the right to be secure from search and seizure unless some FBI
agent thinks you fit the profile of a terrorist. The government has no
right to interfere with any of these freedoms under any circumstances."
-- Harry Browne, 1996 USA presidential candidate, Libertarian Party
Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless the
government has a 'compelling interest' in censoring the Internet. The
Second Amendment doesn't say you have the right to keep and bear arms
until some madman plants a bomb. The Fourth Amendment doesn't say you
have the right to be secure from search and seizure unless some FBI
agent thinks you fit the profile of a terrorist. The government has no
right to interfere with any of these freedoms under any circumstances."
-- Harry Browne, 1996 USA presidential candidate, Libertarian Party
Related:
- The Second Amendment doesn't grant the right to keep and bear arms.
You already have that right. The Constitution just... - In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession
or use of a 'shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches
in length' at this time has some reasonable relationship to the
preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia,
we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees... - You seem to have one of the common American delusions:
that the Eleventh Amendment in the Bill of Rights grants... - In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment
protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias,
while it does not protect the right of "the people"... - An hour's perusal of our national charter makes it hard to
understand what the argle-bargle is about.
The First Amendment forbids infringments of the freedom... - Take away the right to say 'fuck' and you take away the right to say 'fuck
the government.'
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Lenny... - Oops," Says MPAA President
Recently, the United States filed a legal brief in support of the MPAA's
argument that linking to the DeCSS source code is not protected by the
First Amendment.
At the time, the MPAA was ecstatic. But not any longer... - Listen, there is no courage or any extra courage that I know of to find out
the right thing to do.
Now, it is not only necessary to do the right thing... - The men and women who founded our country knew, by experience,
that there are times when the free person's answer...
From the same category:
- Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic
weapons.
A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a... - That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize
Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of
conscience;
or to prevent the people of the United states who are... - If I were to select a jack-booted group of fascists who are
perhaps as large a danger to American society as I could pick today,
I would pick BATF [the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,... - Did you sleep well?" "No, I made a couple of mistakes."
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Stephen... - My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can
ask him what he meant.
Stephen...
