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colleague to the very, very far right of this room feels the

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he has lost his visibility, because I can still see him.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Freedlander.

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DELEGATE FREEDLANDER: Mr. President, I have a

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question for you if I may.

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In the 1867 Constitution it has no provision

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such as is contemplated here. Would the R&P provision

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with regard to equal protection of the laws not protect

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a person with regard to this provision if this provision

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were deleted?

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THE PRESIDENT: I am too much of a lawyer to answe

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that question. I wouldn't hazard an answer. I would hazard

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a guess that I would be very dubious about it, but I certainl

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wouldn't express that as an opinion.

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I had a hazy recollection that there was some

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general provision as to holding office in either the declara-

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tion of rights or elsewhere in the present Constitution, but

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I am not at all sure of it.

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Mr. Smolka, do you know whether there is any

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provision in the present Constitution as to qualification

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for office?