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the 13, 14,ded in and 15th amendment. it is not because they did not care about rights. it is because it was not their priority. they were therefore other reasons. this has been shrouded in myth. is unique about the united states constitution is that there are so many different layers. they have their myths about the constitution. even people who studied a little bit have their myths about it. and people who studied a lot have myths about it. think about these russian babushka dolls. this is just an outer cover. it is not the real thing. take it away and then there is a another beautiful one. wait a minute. there is something more. you keep taking more and more layers away to try to get at the roping. that is what i want to try to do today, you peel away some of the layers of mythology surrounding the constitution. i will do about 40 minutes on that. maybe you can help me peel away some more. wanted to talk about the notion that the constitution at the democratic docume ....
we have the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. we in massachusetts think that they copied us. thatll me some phrases really make you feel like free americans that are in the constitution. would say the right to bear arms. the right to bear arms. where i come from in virginia, many people would say that. what are some others? to say the freedom of speech. can you mention others? the fifth amendment. and everything there. we, the people? other specific phrases that you like? no one mentions freedom of religion. the rights against unreasonable search and seizure, the rights against cruel and unusual punishment and so forth. the point i want to make is that with the exception of the first two things that were mentioned and the general phrase which i if you take those as exceptions, all of the other specific revisions of the constitution that you guys mentioned as things that make you feel safe and free are, as this gentleman pointed out, they are not in t ....
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