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 Union’s 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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