... It actually just occurred to me that we're re-enacting the Euthyphro basically word for word, except substitute "constitutional" for "pious" and "Court" for "God".
Anyway, on a much more entertaining note, a series of letters between Jefferson and Madison about this, as re-constructed by the New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily...ocial_facebook
Quote:
If every private citizen had the right to carry a musket, a thousand people would’ve shot Patrick Henry by now, am I right? Don’t worry about it. Everyone will know what it means.
JM
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