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« Interesting historical find | Main | Another case on "the government will protect you" »

New York TImes on instant check and.. the constitution

Posted by David Hardy · 30 August 2007 05:31 PM

It's just what you might expect, but Instapundit draws attention to one remarkable gaffe:

"But that’s to care for them as human beings, under that other constitutional right — to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

*Constitutional* right?

· media

5 Comments | Leave a comment

Letalis | August 30, 2007 7:04 PM | Reply

Yes, it is right there after the constitutional right to "screw." Just ask that other NY constitutional scholar - Al Goldstein.

Sertorius | August 30, 2007 9:11 PM | Reply

It appears right after "separation of church and state."

Bill | August 31, 2007 5:45 AM | Reply

My e-mail to the editor:

In the editorial "Locked, Loaded and Looney", you reference "that other constitutional right — to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." I am very interested to know in which particular constitution did you discover that right. It certainly is nowhere to be found in the United States Constitution. Too many these days have the incorrect impression that it is government's role to assure them a nice and happy life. Alas, the Constitution provides no such guarantee. The term "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" comes from the Declaration of Independence. Perhaps the editors should re-visit the U.S. Constitution and its history. Perhaps you will discover what it actually says and what it actually was meant to protect.

Ken | August 31, 2007 6:20 AM | Reply

Well, sure, actually bothering to read the document might help, but only if you've limited yourself to textual literalism. That tends to make it really hard to see the "living, constantly evolving" Constitution" that they know in their guts has to be lurking there, somewhere ... perhaps hiding in an emanation of some penumbra.

Nimrod45 | September 1, 2007 9:53 AM | Reply

Just because you have the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", doesn't mean that it is up to the State to provide you with them.

Besides, everybody knows that happiness is a warm gun...

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