what single constitutional guarantee is most important to you?

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single means "1".

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[+3] - BillRM - 05/12/2009Sorry it is a set and they are all important to me and that quesiton is like asking a parent what one of your children are more important to you,
[+2] - FreeDuck - 05/12/2009Due process. Amendment 14, section 1.
[+2] - DontTreadOnMe - 05/12/2009[quote="hawkeye10"] Free speech. I really wish we would have kept that one. Hate speech laws and the behaviour of the citizens (hounding out minority views as seen at a2k for instance )...
[+2] - FreeDuck - 05/13/2009[quote="genoves"] I am heartened by a movement in Montana which proposes to manufacture guns and ammunition to be used only in the state of Montana. This, as I undeerstand it, would...
[+2] - DontTreadOnMe - 05/13/2009[quote="FreeDuck"] [quote="genoves"] I am heartened by a movement in Montana which proposes to manufacture guns and ammunition to be used only in the state of Montana. This,...
[+1] - rosborne979 - 05/12/2009Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
[+1] - djjd62 - 05/12/2009there should be no constitutional guarantees, nothing should ever be written in stone
[+1] - roger - 05/12/2009First amendment, in it's entirety.
[+1] - edgarblythe - 05/12/2009The part that repeals Prohibition.
[+1] - George - 05/12/2009[quote]The part that repeals Prohibition. [/quote] I'll drink to that!

The "one" and only US Constitution (in its entirety).

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@DontTreadOnMe,

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...

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there should be no constitutional guarantees, nothing should ever be written in stone

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@DontTreadOnMe,

First amendment, in it's entirety.

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The part that repeals Prohibition.

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@edgarblythe,

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The part that repeals Prohibition.

I'll drink to that!

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@DontTreadOnMe,

Sorry it is a set and they are all important to me and that quesiton is like asking a parent what one of your children are more important to you,

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@cicerone imposter,

cicerone imposter wrote:

The "one" and only US Constitution (in its entirety).

No kidding Rolling Eyes

The OP is asking what 1 guarantee is the most important.

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@BillRM,

True, but I'd have to vote one overall.

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@BillRM,

Good answer! Idea

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@DontTreadOnMe,

Due process. Amendment 14, section 1.

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okay, we're moving along a little here.

but, let's say that for whatever reason, national conflaguration let's say, that out of the bill of rights, you could only keep one guaranteed right.

what would it be?

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@DontTreadOnMe,

Then I'm torn between the 4th and the 9th. But given your hypothetical, I'd have to choose the 9th.

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@FreeDuck,

That was my choice also.

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Ninth Amendment: declares that the listing of individual rights in the Constitution and Bill of Rights is not meant to be comprehensive; and that the other rights not specifically mentioned are retained by the people.

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Free speech. I really wish we would have kept that one. Hate speech laws and the behaviour of the citizens (hounding out minority views as seen at a2k for instance ) is proof that we have lost this right.

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@hawkeye10,

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Free speech. I really wish we would have kept that one. Hate speech laws and the behaviour of the citizens (hounding out minority views as seen at a2k for instance ) is proof that we have lost this right.

yet you just made use of it. so you still have it.

try again ?

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The 2nd.

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@Butrflynet,

Butterfly Net has it right. States have all powers not given to the Federal Government explicitly.

However, because of the overuse of the "Commerce Claus' by the Supreme Court, almost anything that crosses state lines can be regulated by the FEDS.

I am heartened by a movement in Montana which proposes to manufacture guns and ammunition to be used only in the state of Montana. This, as I undeerstand it, would preclude firearm regulation by the federal government.

what single constitutional guarantee is most important to you?

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