On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
Jim wrote:
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions...
This was a civil case.
Which raises an interesting point, 'defemation' is presented as a 'crime' yet it is managed in a 'civil' case, thus denying critical civil liberties to the person being acted against. Somebody should look into filing a civil rights case on the constitutionality of treating a 'crime against a person' (ie ruin their reputation) as a civil case (ie mainly resolving disputes and assigning responsibility, not generaly considered crimes.) Of course it's British history would indicate it was really used by the rich to punish those less fortunate but verbally active. Aren't laws in the US supposed to answer to the Constitution and not British legal precedence? ____________________________________________________________________ If the law is based on precedence, why is the Constitution not the final precedence since it's the primary authority? The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------