http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/the_battle_agai.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/the_battle_agai.html/comment-page-1#comment-5640 Septagon49 Tue, 22 May 2007 15:15:29 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/05/the_battle_agai.html#comment-5640 <p>The right of free association does not have to be enumerated in the 1st amendment or any other amendment. The consitituion provides for a Federal government of delegated and enumerated powers. The 9th amendment states: <br /> "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." <br /> This means that the unenumerated right retained by the poeple are on par with any listed in the constitution. So such right like free association should enjoy equal status with the rest of the Bill of Rights. Sadly it does not because the 9th amendment has been ignored since the ink went dry on the constitution due to the desire to increase Federal power</p> The right of free association does not have to be enumerated in the 1st amendment or any other amendment. The consitituion provides for a Federal government of delegated and enumerated powers. The 9th amendment states:
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
This means that the unenumerated right retained by the poeple are on par with any listed in the constitution. So such right like free association should enjoy equal status with the rest of the Bill of Rights. Sadly it does not because the 9th amendment has been ignored since the ink went dry on the constitution due to the desire to increase Federal power

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/the_battle_agai.html/comment-page-1#comment-5639 Greg Tue, 22 May 2007 02:43:11 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/05/the_battle_agai.html#comment-5639 <p>I'm waiting for someone to tell Craigslist, "All those ads that say 'Republicans need not apply' are beyond the pale and illegal."</p> I’m waiting for someone to tell Craigslist, “All those ads that say ‘Republicans need not apply’ are beyond the pale and illegal.”

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/the_battle_agai.html/comment-page-1#comment-5638 C. Sean Mon, 21 May 2007 18:29:38 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/05/the_battle_agai.html#comment-5638 <p>Amusingly, the underlying discrimination (with regard to roommates, at least) is perfectly legal. It's just illegal to 'advertise' that discriminatory intent.</p> Amusingly, the underlying discrimination (with regard to roommates, at least) is perfectly legal. It’s just illegal to ‘advertise’ that discriminatory intent.

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/05/the_battle_agai.html/comment-page-1#comment-5637 M. Hodak Sun, 20 May 2007 18:31:55 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/05/the_battle_agai.html#comment-5637 <p>You'd think it wouldn't be that difficult, politically, to proclaim the right to live with whoever one wishes, for any reason, or no reason at all. I find the gender restriction especially hard to believe. No-one would consider imposing a male roomate on a female, so why can't someone just say they're looking for a specific gender?</p> You’d think it wouldn’t be that difficult, politically, to proclaim the right to live with whoever one wishes, for any reason, or no reason at all. I find the gender restriction especially hard to believe. No-one would consider imposing a male roomate on a female, so why can’t someone just say they’re looking for a specific gender?

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