Klarinet Archive - Posting 001103.txt from 2002/06

From: "Kevin Callahan" <kionon@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music vs. drug testing
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 22:59:06 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Music vs. drug testing

> At 08:47 PM 6/29/2002 -0500, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>
> > > So it has come to be interpreted lately. But I still don't see the
word
> > > "privacy" in there anywhere.
> > >
> >
> >Bill,
> >
> >I believe I said that nowhere was it said explicitly, but it has become
one
> >of our most cherished rights.
>
> Exactly. "Has become" are the operant words. Recent interpretations have
> extended the 4th amendment protections far beyond their original meaning.

Do you deny the constitution is a living document? That's the reason behind
such a document. Its writers understood that changing times required
changing intepretations of liberty. The constitution is a set of guidelines,
even though it is refered to as the "highest law of the land."

Kevin Callahan

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