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Is murder unconstitutional?
Murder by a private citizen is not unconstitutional, in the same way the same way that it doesn’t violate Roberts Rules of Order, or the rules of the FIDE (International Chess Federation).
Crimes and ...
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Is murder unconstitutional?
The only crime defined in the Constitution itself is treason. There are statutes defining “murder,” but those could be changed or repealed. There is also a common-law definition of murder, which ...
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Is murder unconstitutional?
The Constitution does not define any crimes (except for an explicit limit on what can be considered 'treason.') It places limits on what penalties the government may apply for crimes and how crimes ...
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Is murder unconstitutional?
you are simply confusing two bodies of law, criminal law and constitutional law...
moreover, States generally as sovereigns often grant themselves abusus over their subjects or citizens, i.e. the ...
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Is murder unconstitutional?
The U.S. Constitution sets up the structural framework of the government and the restraints upon it.
While much of the Constitution consists of a general framework for the federal government’s form ...
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