What does this say?

[wolven7]

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

This is heavy on my mind, today, for some reason:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html

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[hametsunosaturn.livejournal.com]

This is how sad the country makes me at the current moment...

When I read that first quotation, I was saying to myself, "Oh man! Did some politician just say that? Is that something that's being enacted? That's so awesome! Who said that?!" ...Then I realized it was the Bill of Rights and realized just how far we've fallen since then. :(

Someone really needs to sit down and reiterate all of those rights with the people in control, to be sure they really, truly understand them when they're doing the things they're doing. Especially the first bit about "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". :/


Current mood: A little sad.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

I know. I really want every politician to have to take and get an A in Constitutional Law. You can call it elitist, if you want, but I just call it being prepared for the damn job.