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Constitutional Convention Commission (Committee Hearings, Testimony)
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that in all cases, and at all times, the military ought

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to be under strict subordination to, and control of, the

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civil power; certainly, we don't want to delete that

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from our Bill of Rights. I wouldn't think so. He firmly

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believe that in America. I believe this is one of the

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fundamental things that we teach in history, one of the

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fundamental things we teach in government, one of the .

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fundamental things we teach in civics, and that no

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soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any

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house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of

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war, except in the manner prescribed by law; this is

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still in the Federal Constitution.

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Why not repeat it in the Bill of Rights, if

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nothing else, as a teaching point for the people and

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maybe this is the psychological and moral impact this

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gentleman was talking about. It seems there are from

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certain quarters attempts to sort of whittle away some

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of our fundamental rights, as contained in the Bill of

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Rights, and I'm not talking about self-incrimination,

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but most of you know this book, and certainly you ought

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to read it, if not, the Bill of Rights, on Page 77, in



 

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