My Gov't is Better than Yours (was Re: Finally! We're getting somewhere.)

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From: Kenneth Sloan
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 21:44

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In article <BxFF18.1oA@constant.demon.co.uk> slangley@constant.demon.co.uk (Simon Langley) writes:
>...
>the final say on our laws belongs to the elected representatives of the
>people rather than a group of unelected Supreme Court judges.  Our system
>has served us well for 350 years, how is the US system "safer"?

It didn't serve *us* too well 220 years ago...but we fixed that.

But, to answer your question:  our system is safer because the final say
on your laws belongs to the elected representatives of the people rather
than a group of unelected Supreme Court judges.

Different time-constants, and all that...

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Kenneth Sloan                   Computer and Information Sciences
sloan@cis.uab.edu               University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 934-2213                  115A Campbell Hall, UAB Station 
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Subject: My Gov't is Better than Yours (was Re: Finally! We're getting somewhere.)
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