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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-15-08 08:58 AM
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Today (June 15) is Magna Carta Day, and we have a reason to celebrate


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38. No bailiff shall henceforth put any one to his law by merely bringing suit against him without trustworthy witnesses presented for this purpose.

39. No freeman shall be captured or imprisoned or disseised or outlawed or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go against him or send against him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers and by the law of the land.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-15-08 09:17 AM
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1. That we do --
but just barely. 5-4.

Somebody should send the Supremes a Happy Magna Carta Day card.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-15-08 09:52 AM
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3. What do the four dissenting justices have in common?
Each was appointed by somebody named Bush.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-15-08 09:32 AM
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2. One place I worked at celebrated it every year
with a big cake. I thought it was odd at first -- maybe just an excuse for cake as no one seemed very political. But they were serious so I ate cake and celebrated too.
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