JUSTICE KENNEDY'S "NOTORIOUS MYSTERY PASSAGE" 
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| July / August 1997
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| July / August 1997
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HERE WE GO AGAIN
Since ratification more than two centuries ago, the U.S. Constitution has withstood a myriad of attempts to adjust it. Of the more than 10,000 proposed amendments, only 33 got the required two thirds votes in both houses, and of those only 27 were ratified by the requisite three fourths states. And with good reason. Though the U.S. Constitution was unique in that it provided within itself the mechanism for its own change (prior to that, the common way to bring fundamental change to a government was to have a revolution) - the Founders, with Article V, provided a process which assured that trivial changes wouldn't happen easily or overnight.
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Skewered!
Editors: Regarding "The End of Democracy" (March/April, page 4), I'm hopelessly skewed leftward, but I hope I won't be skewered.
JAMES ASHLEY SHEA
Pasadena, California
I suspect that you intended to use the word "skewed" in both instances. Seeing the word "skewered" used here is painful.
JOE DiPINTO, Representative
Wilmington, Delaware
[Tell me about it!- Editor.]
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Evangelist Robert Tilton Claimed He Was a Prophet. Ex-followers Say He's a Fraud. What's a Court to Do?
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Sure, Our Country Allows Us to Believe in Whatever Religion We Want; It Just Doesn't Allow Unfettered Freedom to Follow Those Beliefs. When and Where Should It Draw the Line?
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When Jesus Said to Count the Cost of Following Him,
He Meant It for the Individual Believers,
Not Their Insurance Companies.
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