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Politicians need to rethink their reflexive invocations of the Second Amendment and the idea that the gun lobby is too powerful to challenge.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Amendment Challenge Gun Idea Lobby Need Politicians Powerful Rethink Second Second Amendment Too

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Officers are taught to use all the tricks and lies that courts permit within the scope of the Fifth Amendment's shield against self-incrimination.

~David K. Shipler

Topics: Against Amendment Courts Fifth Lies Officers Permit Scope Shield Taught Tricks Use Within

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The tenth amendment said the federal government is supposed to only have powers that were explicitly given in the Constitution. I think the federal government's gone way beyond that. The Constitution never said that you could have a Federal Reserve that would have $2.8 trillion in assets. We've gotten out of control.

~David Malpass

Topics: Amendment Assets Beyond Constitution Control Could Explicitly Federal Federal Government Federal Reserve Given Gone Gotten Government Never Only Out Powers Reserve Said Supposed Tenth Think Trillion Way Were Would You I Think

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We have a First Amendment right to burn the flag as symbolic speech. The Constitution protects that right. To spend time and effort on this is ridiculous.

~Deborah K. Ross

Topics: Amendment Burn Constitution Effort First First Amendment Flag Protects Ridiculous Right Speech Spend Symbolic Time

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The Second Amendment is very important, but we have to have commonsense gun safety.

~Deborah K. Ross

Topics: Amendment Gun Important Safety Second Second Amendment Very

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In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts, I believe we should follow the process prescribed in our Constitution - consideration of a Constitutional amendment.

~Dennis Cardoza

Topics: Amendment Balances Believe Checks Checks And Balances Consideration Constitution Constitutional Constitutional Amendment Courts Democracy Follow Government Instead Our Power Prescribed Process Should Stripping System Works I Believe

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I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer.

~Dennis Kucinich

Topics: Amendment Beyond Care Current Debate Expand Free Health Health Care Include Option Public Pursue Single States System Worked

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First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade.

~Dennis Kucinich

Topics: Abortion Amendment Constitutional Constitutional Amendment Favored First Never Off Roe Wade

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The Second Amendment is not about hunting. It is about protecting ourselves from a tyrannical government.

~Derrick Grayson

Topics: About Amendment Government Hunting Ourselves Protecting Second Second Amendment Tyrannical

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The only thing that holds the government back from just going ballistic on us is the Second Amendment. When we become disarmed, it's over. It's over.

~Derrick Grayson

Topics: Amendment Back Become Disarmed Going Government Holds Just Only Over Second Second Amendment The Only Thing Thing Us

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