11-08-2005, 03:01 PM
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Wild Rumpus Facilitator
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Vote no on Proposition 73
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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Yes, but unlike certain activist judges, the Founders did not see any mystical penumbras emanating from their work.
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From the Federalist No. 43:
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At first view, it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose, either that a majority have not the right, or that a minority will have the force, to subvert a government; and consequently, that the federal interposition can never be required, but when it would be improper. But theoretic reasoning, in this as in most other cases, must be qualified by the lessons of practice.
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"But theoretic reasoning...must be qualified by the lessons of practice." This is only one quote of many. But I think it proves the point adequately.
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