I've written book on the Constitution and the importance of individual participation.

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The Framers of our Constitution drew upon classical notions of legal rights and individual liberty dating back to the Justinian Code, the Magna Carta, and the Two Treatises of John Locke, all of which recognize the importance of property ownership in a governmental system in which individual liberty and the free market are paramount.

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Most importantly, they wanted us to act as guardians of the Constitution and thus the liberty and the rights under law of each individual American.

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Some believe that because the word "education" is not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, education is a responsibility of the individual states, not the federal government.

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These are all owned and financed by the city council, since, under the German constitution, culture is the responsibility of the individual states (of which Berlin is one), not the federal government.

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One of the biggest questions, should Judge Vinson rule that the individual mandate violates the Constitution, is whether he would decide it could be "severed" from the rest of the law, as did Virginia judge Hudson.

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The principle of judicial procedure and court protection for individual rights is embedded in the Bolivarian-inspired 1999 constitution.

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The amendment to the state constitution would prohibit the state from granting preferential treatment or discriminating against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, skin color, ethnicity or national origin.

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