Look at what is now added to the growing collection of Liberty InterNet TV at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertyProspects/links Live&LetLive.2003.03.01 ...
Have a look at new addition to growing collection of Liberty InterNet TV at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertyProspects/links Families of 911 Victims Want...
When war could be just days away, Ted Koppel will host a 90-minute town meeting tonight on the war in Iraq: WHY NOW? Has the Bush administration made its case...
"Now, as the country braces for war, some liberal Democrats in Congress are preparing to introduce articles of impeachment against Bush and perhaps members of...
I was just thinking about this today. Isn't starting a war without a Congressional authority simply murder and battery, and if so, isn't that obviously a high...
Andrew Spark
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Mar 6, 2003 10:08 pm
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I thought it was interesting when I saw on TV last night that the war is so unpopular in the UK, that the UK military will not allow reporters to photograph or...
Andrew Spark
abspark@...
Mar 6, 2003 10:48 pm
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If you have received this email already, I apologize for the duplication. DT ... From: David Terry To: dfc_talk@yahoogroups.com ; Progressive Libertarians ...
Help this kind of stuff (message below) happen where you live and play! A movement and its nature are formed by those who 'show up' :) -Terry Liberty Parker...
Examine your insurance coverage to see how your coverage works, or doesn't, 'in time of war' There has been much discussion about the USA being in a 'state of...
Look at this new addition to the growing collection of Liberty InterNetTV at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertyProspects/links Live&LetLive.1999.06.19 ...
As I mentioned on the dfc_talk list, I found a great internet archive of Thomas Jefferson's writings, and found some particularly interesting comments on...
Here are some quotes from the Jefferson website I mentioned: "The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the...
I think Browne and Nolan are right, and I am not so sure they are in great conflict with the quotes you provide. If a court strikes down a law as...
Andrew Spark
abspark@...
Mar 10, 2003 4:36 pm
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... However, Congress has not been accountable. ... Perhaps the problem, then is that they are appointed by people who are already at the top of the food...
Tune in to a 40 minute replay March 10 (Monday) 11pm (cst) Austin Cable 10 with audio portion also via 'chat' feature of a yahoo group (allow yourself set up...
And, Congress can limit the jurisdiction of the federal courts to hear cases on any particular subject. And, laws can be (and regularly are) passed to ...
... The ideal solution (post revolution) would be to have a Supreme Court appointment process that is ratified by a Supreme Jury -- a totally random sampling...
... The laws that apply to trial jurors in that regard would apply here. Note that bribing a juror is far riskier than bribing a Senator. The essence of an...
Sure, it's not a bogeyman NOW. But what if Harry Browne had become president? I know, it's silly to even ponder it, but work with me here. If he appointed...
Of course, we could do as the ancient Athenians did and have our legislators chosen at random from among the voter pool. Kind of a legislative jury. If the...
Parsons, James B.
jparsons@...
Mar 10, 2003 10:19 pm
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I do not understand how judicial review can be considered unconstitutional, nor why having judges rule that laws are unconstitutional is somehow authoritarian....
Andrew Spark
abspark@...
Mar 10, 2003 10:24 pm
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Judicial review is not un-constitutional, but merely a-constitutional, because the Constitution implied judicial review without explicitly stating it. Clearly,...
... The problem is that one does need professional expertise to legislate for a complex industrial society. Having juries select, review and dismiss public...
... Dan S.:The problem is that one does need professional ... Sure! Why let democracy get in the way of constructing an ideal governmental system! Choosing...
My response to that is to have one house be made up of elected professionals and the other made up of randomly selected citizen legislators. It may be wise to...
Parsons, James B.
jparsons@...
Mar 10, 2003 11:44 pm
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You mean, they're not elected at random now? I'm sure they must be. Could Bob Barr, Trent Lott, Orrin Hatch or Charles Schumer survived any systemic ...
weaselaw@...
Mar 10, 2003 11:53 pm
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... John Marshall shared your view. He said that although there was nothing expressly in the Constitution granting the power of judicial review, that it...