Emotions have their place. I have my sensitivities. As a good and moral country, we are very emotional about doing the right thing, and that is good when those emotions accompany rational thinking, and reasonable policies that remain within the realm of common sense, and the law. Last Thursday Night I made members of my Constitution Class angry when I tried to prove a point on how easily one can allow emotions to cloud one's judgment. After discussing the Ninth Amendment, which indicates that just because a right is not enumerated in the Constitution it does not mean the federal government can stomp all over it (they are your rights, so protect them!); and the Tenth Amendment, which...
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