Civil Liberties

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We don't endorse or dis-endorse candidates of either party here at The Big Con. We do, however, humbly admit ourselves to be partisans of the United States Constitution. Being as Mr. Perlstein, the blog's proprietor, is a member of a minority religious group—he is of the Jewish persuasion—we have always especially appreciated the third clause of that document's Article VI:

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

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