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April 12, 2008
Name that president!
"The cheek of every American must tingle with shame as he reads the silly, flat and dishwatery utterances of the man who has to be pointed out to intelligent foreigners as the President of the United States."See if you can guess the name of the stupid president being derided. No, I'm not going to spoil it for you; you'll have to click on the link and see. Since we're playing "Name that President" I'll ask another question in similar vein: "Which administration is most hostile in history to the Bill of Rights?"Think: Which president locked up far more American civilians than any other? And: Is the Bill of Rights limited to certain amendments? Answers here. MORE: Commenter OregonGuy proposes John Adams (and the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798) as "the greatest, congressionally approved, attempt to nullify rights contained within the Constitution." Good point. Fortunately, it was an attempt that failed, and the Act was repealed before the Supreme Court ruled on it. In terms of scope, though, the number of 25 (arrested under the Act) does not begin to compare with 110,000. posted by Eric on 04.12.08 at 11:20 AM
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In terms that only the possessor of a Magic Hat can understand, it succeeded before it failed. OregonGuy · April 13, 2008 03:44 PM Post a comment
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I was sure you were going to mention John Adams. Mr. Maguire's post, I think, agreed with my basic sense that the A & S Acts of 1798 were the greatest, congressionally approved, attempt to nullify rights contained within the Constitution.
A careful reading of the events surrounding the adoption and eventual expungement of the A & S Acts can benefit the reasoning skills for those on both the Left and Right. TJ, whose birthday is coming up on Sunday, looks pretty good, as a result.