Re: Secret ballot and the Colorado constitution

[Paul E Condon <pecondon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 09:42:52AM -0700, Evan Daniel Ravitz wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Some Guy wrote:
> 
> >The creed that I have come to live by concerning the difference between
> >constitution and statue is as such:
> >The constitution is designed to limit government. The statutes are designed
> >to limit the people.
> 
> This may be your creed, Paul, but it has no basis in law. The 
> constitution now includes all kinds of ammendments that limit people, 
> such as requiring that hog farms cover their hog waste ponds. Statutes 
> apply to the government as well as people. I can't think of a state 
> example, but nationally, the FISA statue requires Bush and the NSA to 
> get a warrant before wiretapping.
> 
> As we learned from Watergate "nobody is above the law." Or the 
> constitution(s).

Correction: 

1 no little person is above the law; 

2 the law depends on who you are;

3 if you are obnoxious and paranoid enough people will turn on you
even if you are an 'important' person

> 
> Evan
> 
> 

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Paul E Condon           
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