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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 04:10 PM
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Totally Scary ACLU Ad... A Must See.
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 04:15 PM
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1. Maybe I'm jaded.............
...... but this strikes me as perfectly realistic right now.
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sasha031 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 04:15 PM
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2. WOW
Brave new world
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 04:22 PM
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3. You know, that was entertaining but (and goddess help me if I'm wrong)...
...I just can't see things ever coming to such a pass. And, if the ACLU intends for some of that to be tongue-in-cheek, the neocons probably won't see it that way. If anything, they'll use it as evidence that the Left is wigging out.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 04:23 PM
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4. OK, I'm convinced!
I was someone who believed a National ID card was a good solution to a lot of problems. It could all but eliminate the illegal immigration problem, you wouldn't need a no fly list, convicted sex offenders couldn't get lost in another state, etc.

After watching that ad, I realize what they mean by "the slippery slope!"
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filthyrichkleptocrat Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-08-06 05:24 PM
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5. How ironic this ACLU?
They've always been diehard defenders of the first amendment, but loosey goosey on interpreting some of the constitution's constraints to expanding federal authority, such as the ninth and tenth amendments, the federalis straying beyond specifically listed constitutional powers, making the commerce clause into a license to regulate everything, etc.

Are these lawyerfolk having second thoughts about their own contributions to the slippery slope?


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