Laws and crime
by Marcus Everett
Frontiers of Freedom
09/14/04
Over two centuries ago our Founding Fathers hammered out a Constitution that established a Republican form of government for the Federal Government and for the individual states. Interestingly, it specified many constraints against the governments it created, but proscribed only treason and rebellion against the individual citizen. Even murder was left up to the states to outlaw, with the Constitution specifying only the court systems and procedures to prosecute such crimes. Obviously, the Founding Fathers were NOT interested in creating a 'kindergarten society' where the individual's every act is regulated...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Frontiers of Freedom
09/14/04
Over two centuries ago our Founding Fathers hammered out a Constitution that established a Republican form of government for the Federal Government and for the individual states. Interestingly, it specified many constraints against the governments it created, but proscribed only treason and rebellion against the individual citizen. Even murder was left up to the states to outlaw, with the Constitution specifying only the court systems and procedures to prosecute such crimes. Obviously, the Founding Fathers were NOT interested in creating a 'kindergarten society' where the individual's every act is regulated...
http://tinyurl.com/5nezo
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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