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    Who here was an AOL Guide back in the day?

    =qpermagag thisthread 30
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    Supreme Court Drop-Kicks McCain/Feingold, Scores Victory for 1st Amendment;

    We only give rights to citizens now?
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    Supreme Court Drop-Kicks McCain/Feingold, Scores Victory for 1st Amendment;

    Do YOU? A corporation is not just a “company” that you see selling crap. It has a very precise legal definition. That is why others have said this decision is a reversion back to the times of substantive economic due process, when the court that viewed corporations as an...
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    Supreme Court Drop-Kicks McCain/Feingold, Scores Victory for 1st Amendment;

    This anti-corporation stance that has reared its head by certain individuals in this thread is interesting. If people want to collectively establish themselves to accomplish something, why be against it? And, one person still retains individual rights, but twelve people collectively put...
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    Thank God It's Over,Conan's Out!

    Most articles I've read put the number close to 200..
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    Is it discriminatory for an employer to have a nonsmoking hiring policy?

    Nicotine by itself has health consequences, regardless of how it gets into your body.
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    Is it discriminatory for an employer to have a nonsmoking hiring policy?

    That would be illegal though. Obesity can easily be argued as an involuntary medical condition for some people, whereas dependency on nicotine is a result of using tobacco products. Older generations were unaware of the danger of tobacco use, but it is kind of hard to be in the dark about it...
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    Columbus, OH and surrounding area - Apartments

    What part of Columbus are you looking at?
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    Historic Same Sex Marriage Trial About to Start

    It will all depend on what the question that is eventually brought towards SCOTUS is, as it could be extremely narrow. The issue that States have with most of their constitutional amendments is that they potentially violate the Full Faith and Credit clause by not honoring marriages from other...
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    Historic Same Sex Marriage Trial About to Start

    What I think is hilarious about this issue, is that if you cross out references to sexual orientation and replace them with ones regarding race, these arguments are almost verbatim what they once were for the justification of not allowing someone to marry outside of their race.
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    What is wrong with racial/religious profiling?

    My only question is, and this goes for any security measures, where do you draw the line? There will always be a way to circumvent security measures. I have an internal defibrillator and I am subjected to secondary screening whenever I fly (or go anywhere secured for that matter) because I set...
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    What is wrong with racial/religious profiling?

    You are making an assumption that people are rationally able to stop prejudices from developing, despite the fact that they have a fundamental root in such an activity. You can systematically say all people who have XYZ physical characteristic warrant further inquiry, but there is an inherent...
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    How many laws?

    And remember, ignorance is no excuse! There was a judge who wrote a book about how many felonies the average person commits in a day without even knowing it. I think the answer was three.
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    How many laws?

    No one really knows how many laws there are. Just on the federal level estimates are between 10,000 and 300,000. Give or take.
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    Bacon. Favorite brand?

    http://www.nueskes.com/
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    For US citizens: International law vs. Constitution.

    I should probably reply to your original question. I don’t generally disagree with the consensus here thus far. My point in mentioning the wording of your questions is that you get a more profound display of the thought process if questions like that are posed with some ambiguity as to the...
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    For US citizens: International law vs. Constitution.

    I must say, I love the way your questions are worded. It’s obvious you wrote them operating under the premise that “international law = bad” and then present them in this guise of opinion gathering on a hypothetical situation. It reminds me of that often used lawyer question...
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    A Contradiction~Wise Words or~The Case of Foot in Mouth Disease

    It's almost as interesting as this quote, from the same record:
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    Executive Order giving INTERPOL immunity in the US Signed into effect

    The attorney-client privilege and the immunities granted by the IOIA are two entirely different things and are not capable of being presented in such an analogous fashion, nor is comparing the FBI to a CPA in this context appropriate. Just on the surface, one has to to do with individuals, the...
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    Executive Order giving INTERPOL immunity in the US Signed into effect

    Interpol is a membership organization that shares information between its members. Any reference to officers or law enforcement refers to the particular law enforcement agencies in that country, not Interpol itself. Law enforcement that communicates through the organization is thought of as a...
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    Left 4 dead 2 demo?

    They pulled the Demo... it is on sale @ Best Buy this week for $34.99 though.
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    Colleges, that is enough out of you

    There are some people who should not go to college. Dumb people are diluting the value of a college education.
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    Mw2

    I heard that they are changing them in an upcoming update
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    Iranians invade and take control of Iraqi territory as Americans and Iraqis do nothin

    I can't either. If there is one thing Bush will go to war for, its oil.
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    Strategic Default (banks do it, why can't you?)

    The morality component of contracts has its origins in the notion that they are an individual right. The reality is that there is no morality with contracts. It’s just a very convenient way to keep people doing something when they stop and ask – “why?” Contracts...
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    How Dems outmaneuvered GOP on ACORN

    Constitutionalism is a component of political theory from an institutional design standpoint. It is the broader concept of constitutions as an institution in government —part of the study of constitutionalism includes theories of interpretation, including, but not limited to, textualism...
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    How Dems outmaneuvered GOP on ACORN

    The text of the bill was specifically written for ACORN and ACORN was the only organization impacted by it. The action outlined in the bill was to remove funding that they use to operate, thereby constituting a negative action. Congress was taking away what they had. This terminology is not...
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    Welcome to Club Gitmo: North

    There are issues with what you are implying, primarily because the Supreme Court has never dictated specifically that one branch is responsible for going to war and the other isn’t. The Court has consistently viewed the Constitution as ambiguous on the matter, and routinely defers to the...
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    And Time Person of The Year is...Ben Bernanke!

    I like the subtitle of this article. But, If Bernanke is going to be our overlord, he should be driving a more fitting vehicle. I do not think of an overlord when I see a Ford Focus. And what kind of overlord shares his car with his wife? Speaking of which, as overlord, why does he only have...
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    How Dems outmaneuvered GOP on ACORN

    The United States certainly does have a history of vices relating to voting restrictions. They have become less obvious over time, such as the ones that required your grandfather to have voted in order for you to be able to vote, which were in place after the abolishment of slavery.
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    SOTUS has refused to hear a suit seeking accountability for Guantanamo torture

    Two things.. The Court typically avoids hotly debated political issues. (Let me add, that what the Court views as “hotly debated” and what this forum or Internet in general does are two very different things.) This would probably qualify as one of them. The President asking them...
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    How Dems outmaneuvered GOP on ACORN

    The “no-no” that Congress committed from a Constitutional law perspective in regards to bills of attainder is that they specifically named a group. Congress does not have the authority to adversely impact an individual person or narrow group of people. The same thing would have...
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    Noam Chomsky criticizes the left...

    It is rather long, but the interesting part (to me at least) seems to be the last question. I searched on this topic and there was another posted similar that discussed Noam Chomsky from a speech in October, but not on the topic of this particular interview. He criticizes the left for...
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    If Climate Researchers Became Doctors...

    I wish I could live in this world of amateurish simplicity that you portray.
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    Globalist Henry Kissinger year ago declares climate a pillar in errecting the NWO

    Sovereignty is and always has been a social construction. Ironically, people often invoke Hamilton when discussing sovereignty and the horrors of globalization. Hamilton warned in the Federalist papers of the perils of two claims to sovereignty (“state within a state”) when...
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    Why do professors require papers to be certain lengths?

    If you think writing it sucks, you should try reading all the crap people turn in. The professor I work for pawns that job off to me. I die a little on the inside each time I read one.
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    Honduran Election Gains Backing - Constitutional Democracy Triumph

    I understand why the military removed him. But in an institution that has previously been controlled by the military, a military that has a historically insatiable political desire, even able to control who institutional actors are on multiple levels, it is logical to question what is really...
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    Honduran Election Gains Backing - Constitutional Democracy Triumph

    You cannot ignore the power of the military in Honduras throughout history. Even in 1980, the military was still able to veto cabinet appointments—Gen. Gustavo Alvarez still yielded considerable power even after a return to civilian rule. The constitution also limits government control of...
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    Honduran Election Gains Backing - Constitutional Democracy Triumph

    I think the United States apprehension in this area is missed—military removal of an executive in a time of democratic transition does not usually result in a pleasant outcome.