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Old 01-13-11, 10:30 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by tater View Post
What part of "Congress shall make no law" do the idiots in Washington have trouble understanding?
And yet it's against the law to threaten the life of any public official.

On the other hand the much-maligned-by-the-Right Justice Hugo Black used to use that exact same "What part of..." phrase when challenged on Separation.

After watching the YouTube clip (and several others), I stumbled upon some clips from the wonderful John Adams miniseries. One of them was of President Adams and Vice-President Jefferson discussing the Sedition Act of 1798, which actually made it illegal to write anything negative about the President.
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