Words in the US Constitution.

[Cerridwen]

people - appears 8 times

business - appears once - "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business"

corporation - 0

God - 0

church - 0

Christian - 0

Jesus - 0

religion/religious - 3 - freedom of, no State establishment of, no religious test to hold office

money - 6 - Congress' responsibilities with regards to

capital - 1 - as in capital offense

Lord - once - signed this day in the year of our Lord - a literary affectation of the time

police - 0

Which ones did I miss?

[imdjh]

1. sex

[Cerridwen]

3. Once.

[imdjh]

5. Yeah, but that's in an amendment, isn't it?

[Cerridwen]

11. I'm counting amendments.

[BlooInBloo]

2. "family values", "special rights"

[Cerridwen]

8. In those combinations -

zero.

family - 0

value - 2 - concerns money and litigation

values - zero

rights - three including titles

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. guns

[imdjh]

6. arms

[Cerridwen]

10. arms - 2, guns - 0, rifle - 0, weapon(s) - 0

[imdjh]

13. arms Middle English armes (plural) weapons, from Anglo-French, from Latin arma

[Cerridwen]

15. Middle English - 1066 to about 1470

US Constitution - circa 1787

edit "and" to "to"

[imdjh]

22. What do you think it meant in 1787? Slingshots?

[Cerridwen]

26. Actually, no. Which was why I included the variations I could think

of. Arms, weapons, rifles, guns.

I couldn't/can't really figure what your beef was/is.

[maxsolomon]

7. Fetus?

[Cerridwen]

9. fetus, unborn, baby - zero, zero, zero

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Brownback calls then...wait for it...."fetal citizens"

[Cerridwen]

14. I don't even have to search to know that phrase in not in the US

Constitution.

During the time the Constitution was written, we did not have the luxury of debating whether or not abortion was an option. They were too busy making sure women didn't die from pregnancy.

[provis99]

16. conservative is not there. Neither is air force, marines

on the other hand, liquor is in there three times.

[Cerridwen]

17. Ah, prohibition. It worked well, didn't it?

Yeah, liberal ain't there either.

Soldiers - 2, once in title, no quartering of

[Bucky]

18. Slavery, mentioned zero times, but it's there all over.

[Cerridwen]

21. Yeah, it is.

This thread is about lindsay graham (I think it was) who asked Judge Sotomayer if abortion was mentioned in the Constitution.

Please don't think I've forgotten the more important issues and history as I mock good ol' lindsay.

[Cerridwen]

19. I was just reminded of another: consumer - zero

[defendandprotect]

20. This one: Supreme Court decides elections ----

[Cerridwen]

23. I think it was originally Congress who elected the pres and VP.

The Supreme Court and its power came later; Madison v. ????

I'm doing this from memory rather than google. Perhaps another DUer with a better memory or grasp of history will chime in with specifics.

[defendandprotect]

29. You are saying the Constitution gives SC the right to pick our presidents?

[Cerridwen]

31. Uh, no.

I was posting from memory what little bit I could remember from Constitutional history.

I don't believe the SC had as much power at the time of the writing of the US Constitution. The SC came into power later and I believe the case was something to do with Madison.

[defendandprotect]

32. Think we're trying to get to Bush vs Gore decision . . .

However, it does look like at least the first four presidents were elected by
Electoral College --

and didn't find out when white/propertied males actually began to cast votes --
the internet seems to be playing dumb to that direct question right now!

It would also be interesting to see how Supreme Court came into existence and the thinking
surrounding its creation.



:)

[Cerridwen]

33. Found it.

Marbury v. Madison

Yeah, it's wiki. Wiki's a good start.

It helped I knew what I remembered. :D

Marbury v. Madison was the first time the Supreme Court declared something "unconstitutional," and established the concept of judicial review in the U.S. (the idea that courts may oversee and nullify the actions of another branch of government). The landmark decision helped define the "checks and balances" of the American form of government.

[defendandprotect]

36. And you think this justified the Bush vs Gore decision by SC?

[Cerridwen]

40. Nope.

I was just posting when in history the SC claimed the power it now wields.

[Cerridwen]

34. Oh, another wiki.

Hey, like I said, it's a good place to start.

Milestones of national franchise extension

* Abolition of property qualifications for white men, 1812-1860 — see: Jacksonian democracy
* Non-white men, 1870 — see: Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
* Women, 1920 — see: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
* Native Americans, 1924 — see: <4>
* Residents of the District of Columbia, 1961 — see: Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
* Poor, 1964 — see: Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting imposition of poll tax in Federal elections
* Racial minorities in certain states, 1965 — see Voting Rights Act
* Adults between 18 and 21, 1971 — see: Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_rights_in_the_United_States

[defendandprotect]

37. Thank you - !

[Thothmes]

24. Democracy

[Cerridwen]

27. Zero

[Cerridwen]

30. Sorry. Wrong spot. Ignore that post. :D

[JackRiddler]

35. Republic: Zero. And "the People" = demos = the founding sovereign.

Republican is mentioned once (twice if you count the section title) in Article IV on the states:

"Section 4 - Republican government. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government..."

.

[Thothmes]

25. Education

[Cerridwen]

28. Zero

[IDemo]

38. Travel

The "right to travel" is never mentioned, but maybe because it was simply assumed to be a fundamental human right.

Maybe it should have been, just to cover overzealous future departments of homeland security.

[-..__...]

39. Gay/homosexual/lesbian...

ohh, and health care.

[Winterblues]

41. Gays

The Republican Party in these days is about Guns, God and Gays, with the anti-abortion people thrown in to really wreak havoc.