Maybe NP, maybe not: an inquiry
Ghetta Life
ghetta_outta at hotmail.com
Wed Oct 29 15:14:08 CST 2003
A quick web search does nothing of the kind. Why don't you provide us with
a link? Hre's some counter-evidence:
http://www.co.arlington.va.us/NewsReleases/Scripts/ViewDetail.asp?Index=188
Arlington County furnished both the place and the readers for the Northern
Virginia Chapter of the Virginia American Civil Liberties Unions second
annual public reading of the Bill of Rights. The first public reading of the
first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution was held in Alexandria in 1998
in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, a document based at least in part on the Bill of Rights.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/special_packages/constitution/6224501.htm
In 1987, the United States celebrated the 200th anniversary of the first
public reading of the Constitution (on Sept. 17, 1787, at Independence
Hall),
>From: Cyrus <cyrusgeo at netscape.net>
>
>It has happened in the past, as a quick search on the web will convince
>you. Of course, whether that law is still in effect or not is another
>matter. Any law students around here?
>
>Cyrus
>
>ghetta_outta at hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>
>>Well since you're the one making this claim, don't you think you should be
>>able to verify it? I've never heard anything of the sort. And it would
>>be very press-worthty if it had, so I've reason to doubt it's true.
>>
>>>From: Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi>
>>>It was news to him when I told him that it has happened every now and
>>>then in the U.S. history that people have been arrested for reading the
>>>constitution in public. Does anyone happen to know of a list of these
>>>arrests?
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