The Constitution and the Magna Carta

[unixronin]

cipherpunk discusses the differences between the two, and how the government has turned a short and strictly enumerated list of only seventeen things it is allowed by the Constitution to do, all other things being forbidden to it, into "We can do whatever we want".

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Considering that the Constitution was drafted between 1778 and 1789, LONG before any political issues surrounding slavery were so much as a distant could ... er ... cloud upon the horizon, and at a time when slavery was also considered quite reasonable in the North, and when most of the Deep South states didn't in fact even EXIST yet, I'd really like to hear how you arrive at that conclusion.

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

Slavery was very much a live issue and subject of controversy at the time. See, for instance, the quotes here (http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_slav.html#const). See also my reply to cipherpunk above. & I need to be getting on with my day. Good day!