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Yes it does. It doesn't need to prohibit them. In the 10th Amendment, it clearly states that all rights not enumerated for the federal government belong to the states and the people. Your state (depending on its OWN constitution) could have its own comprehensive census, but not the USA.
Remember, if you start claiming that the people only have the rights given to them by the government, and not the other way around, then they can do the things everyone complains about on Slashdot:
"Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons."
That is how Section 2 of the Constitution originally read. Amendment 14 removed the slavery-related parts, but that's not relevant. What is relevant is that the census was created to COUNT CITIZENS FOR THE PURPOSES OF REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE. In fact, recording race could be argued as a DIRECT violation of the 14th amendment.
The Constitution trumps U.S. Code and is the true law of the land.
It struck me then, and strikes me still now, as being a clear demonstration of sexism and bizarre Christian attitudes to sex: the daughter as father's property who needs to be "preserved" in her "innocence" and a ridiculous failure to acknowledge young women as sexual beings.
So you consider fictional characters to be accurate examples of "Christian" behavior? Since I didn't read those novels, I wouldn't know if Jack Ryan is even depicted as Christian at all. Perhaps I should write a (very boring) novel about Slashdot trolls who get modded up to "+4, Insightful" and see if anyone defends it.
Well, if you look at Sarah Palin it seems she's all for teen pregnancy and very much against sexual education.
I guess you're saying that Palin is a hypocrite because her daughter got knocked up? Unless you have some sort of trail of proof that her daughter didn't know where babies came from and what condoms were because Palin kept her out of sex ed and didn't talk with her, this is a pretty stupid troll.
32 million uninsured is not "the general welfare". Most people are going to be hurt by this. It is a power grab, it is unconstitutional, and the more people realize this, the quicker we can save our freedom.
Mao? Why Chairman Mao? He was a wonderful man! Sure, he killed millions of people through executions and failed social policies, but if you want a communist paradise you have to make a few sacrifices. He's good enough to appear on Obama's Christmas tree! And his communications director and science czar are big Mao fans! How bad could he have been?
Funny how no one suggests that maybe someone should be fired or prosecuted for this. Instead, they'll use hard-earned taxpayers money to make the problem go away.
For comparison, if I had a faulty alarm that called the fire department or police to my house every day, do you think they would brush it off?
Or you could move to Canada where neighbors treat each other with a modicum of respect and compassion and you don't need to own a gun because you're not terrified of getting attacked.
Or you not make up ridiculous xenophobic straw men. We aren't even talking about guns here. This is about HOA, which are voluntary. When I was looking for a house, those with HOAs were summarily eliminated from consideration.
The police and fire departments are locally run. The army and coast guard are part of the constitutional national defense. The FDA is arguably constitutional because it passes the smell test as being for the "general welfare" and doesn't impose a tax or threaten imprisonment to support it like the health care bill.
Tax the upper 5% a little heavier, they can certainly afford it, and hey, guess what, once you're done taxing them more heavily/they'll still be rich/
I would rather believe that toads give you warts than believe this old wives' tale. When you tax the rich too heavily, it reduces their motivation to produce and enhances their motivation to hide their assets. Poor single moms don't create jobs. And Obama has already taxed the little guy... unless you believe that only rich people smoke.
Basically, you're telling us that people are lazy at some corporations. The thing is, you get too many of those at a company, they have to get fired or the company goes under. If you get too many of those at the government... well, I guess we need to raise taxes and increase funding again.
Though on other side, the question all Americans should be asking themselves is: do private insurers have better resume???
At least they can't make me buy insurance, on pain of imprisonment.
Every day, the federal government puts more restrictions on our liberty. If this is put in place, it will finally be impossible for anyone to live "off the map" without having to check in with the federal government.
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Yes it does. It doesn't need to prohibit them. In the 10th Amendment, it clearly states that all rights not enumerated for the federal government belong to the states and the people. Your state (depending on its OWN constitution) could have its own comprehensive census, but not the USA.
Remember, if you start claiming that the people only have the rights given to them by the government, and not the other way around, then they can do the things everyone complains about on Slashdot:
"Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons."
That is how Section 2 of the Constitution originally read. Amendment 14 removed the slavery-related parts, but that's not relevant. What is relevant is that the census was created to COUNT CITIZENS FOR THE PURPOSES OF REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE. In fact, recording race could be argued as a DIRECT violation of the 14th amendment.
The Constitution trumps U.S. Code and is the true law of the land.
Don't give them the power.
In Soviet Slashdot, pointless thread piles on YOU!
No, but I can block you for being a moron who didn't read the article I linked to.
I was referring only to the vaccines, not the birth control.
We'll see how you feel about it when you're thirsting to death in a hospital bed.
Just about everything wrong with the health care system before the reform was due to government interference.
There also would have been unleavened bread, unlike in Da Vinci's rendition.
God, I pray that none of our tax dollars funded this.
I tried going back to 1885 and sending a telegram, but it got here too early. Ironically, it ended up getting modded -1, Redundant.
You hard wire all your mics?
So you consider fictional characters to be accurate examples of "Christian" behavior? Since I didn't read those novels, I wouldn't know if Jack Ryan is even depicted as Christian at all. Perhaps I should write a (very boring) novel about Slashdot trolls who get modded up to "+4, Insightful" and see if anyone defends it.
I guess you're saying that Palin is a hypocrite because her daughter got knocked up? Unless you have some sort of trail of proof that her daughter didn't know where babies came from and what condoms were because Palin kept her out of sex ed and didn't talk with her, this is a pretty stupid troll.
However, he has advocated sterilizing the population through "vaccines" like a super comic book villain. Or maybe just a 20th-century eugenicist.
32 million uninsured is not "the general welfare". Most people are going to be hurt by this. It is a power grab, it is unconstitutional, and the more people realize this, the quicker we can save our freedom.
At least people die of thirst a lot less often in our hospitals.
Mao? Why Chairman Mao? He was a wonderful man! Sure, he killed millions of people through executions and failed social policies, but if you want a communist paradise you have to make a few sacrifices. He's good enough to appear on Obama's Christmas tree! And his communications director and science czar are big Mao fans! How bad could he have been?
Funny how no one suggests that maybe someone should be fired or prosecuted for this. Instead, they'll use hard-earned taxpayers money to make the problem go away.
For comparison, if I had a faulty alarm that called the fire department or police to my house every day, do you think they would brush it off?
That's like a priest molesting a bunch of young boys to increase awareness of child sexual abuse.
Or you not make up ridiculous xenophobic straw men. We aren't even talking about guns here. This is about HOA, which are voluntary. When I was looking for a house, those with HOAs were summarily eliminated from consideration.
I love it when a plan comes together!
Or to turn it off when it's already on... BULLET TIME
The police and fire departments are locally run. The army and coast guard are part of the constitutional national defense. The FDA is arguably constitutional because it passes the smell test as being for the "general welfare" and doesn't impose a tax or threaten imprisonment to support it like the health care bill.
I would rather believe that toads give you warts than believe this old wives' tale. When you tax the rich too heavily, it reduces their motivation to produce and enhances their motivation to hide their assets. Poor single moms don't create jobs. And Obama has already taxed the little guy... unless you believe that only rich people smoke.
Basically, you're telling us that people are lazy at some corporations. The thing is, you get too many of those at a company, they have to get fired or the company goes under. If you get too many of those at the government... well, I guess we need to raise taxes and increase funding again.
At least they can't make me buy insurance, on pain of imprisonment.
Every day, the federal government puts more restrictions on our liberty. If this is put in place, it will finally be impossible for anyone to live "off the map" without having to check in with the federal government.