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Re: Let's boycott the record industry

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From: Lee Hollaar
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 00:00
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In article <2a76ffef.1f0fc92f@usw-ex0104-031.remarq.com> andysch <aschlaflyNOasSPAM@yahoo.com.invalid> writes:
>It seems unimportant to me whether Congress did or did not do
>something unconstitutional in the past when discussing the
>constitutionality of a recent Act.  Knowing that Congress is a
>repeat offender in violating the constitution is not comforting.

There is a case in court right now that claims just that.  I
think I'll wait to see what the court decides, rather than just
take your word about whether something is unconstitutional or not.


>If we were considering the guilt of an alleged bank robber on
>such-and-such a date, would we be concerned about whether he
>robbed a different bank 25 years ago?  And if he did, would that
>mitigate a more recent offense?

That's a pretty stupid analogy.
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From: hollaar@faith.cs.utah.edu (Lee Hollaar)
Subject: Re: Let's boycott the record industry
Date: 2000/08/08
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