The Virtual Soapbox Proclaim Liberty throughout the land to all the inhabitants thereof.
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 | The Migration ... (immigration rules until 1808) |
| The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. |
| No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. |
| No Capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein directed to be taken. |
| No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State. |
| No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over the other... |
| No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law... |
| No title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States. And no Person holding any Office ... shall, ... accept of any ...Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince or foreign state. |
NOBILITY
I have seen the argument that a lawyer is accepting a Title of Nobility if they are accepted to the American Bar Association. If this is the case, a great majority of the politicians are breaking the Constitution. (A great majority of politicians are lawyers...)
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