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Bill of Rights is limited -- if the Federal constitutional
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Bill of Rights is limited to State action, the only pro-
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vision the ACLU has formulated is in relation to the
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Federal constitutional Bill of Rights, and it has not
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expressly addressed itself to the question of whether
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the Declaration of Rights should go beyond protection of
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the rights of the citizens against incursion by the
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State. I would prefer not to address myself beyond
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that.
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MR. GENTRY: Would you have an opinion as a
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lawyer, as to whether or not there would be any force
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and effect in some general principle stated in a pre-
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amble which would precede a Declaration of Rights, or
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would this just be window dressing?
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PROFESSOR ROSEN: I suspect it would be window
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dressing.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Do you feel that the Declaratior
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of Rights should have any value other than the legal
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value that you feel it should contain because it would be
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enforceable? Should we have a Declaration of Rights for
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educational purposes, that is, rights which would contain
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