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first nine and the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
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amendments to the United States Constitution, and such
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other provisions of that Constitution as bear upon civil
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and personal rights and liberties.
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In particular, the Declaration of Rights shoulc
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be unencumbered by such unenforced anachronisms as the
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declaration that monopolies are odious. See Article 41.
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Many provisions in the current Declaration of Rights
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that are intended to accomplish" the same ends as the
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Federal constitutional provisions should be similarly
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phrased, phrased as the provisions of the Federal
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Constitution are phrased. For example, Article 23,
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which concerns in essence, "Due process," should be
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simplified to the language of the Fifth and Fourteenth
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Amendments.
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In addition, certain essential guarantees,
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such as protection against double jeopardy, that exist
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under the Federal Constitution are not currently con-
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templated in the Declaration of Rights; they should be
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incorporated. Certain other guarantees under the
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Federal Constitution, such as the Seventh Amendment
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