I know this is not archaeological, but I just could not resist passing it
along.  It almost certainly is made up, but it could so easily be true.
 
Tom Wheaton
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This deserves posting.
 
     Date: Fri, 10 Feb 95 16:25:25 -0800
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        Subject: FW: GOP attacks Constitution! (fwd)
 
        <Forwards taking the Fourth>
 
        Heh, I just heard about this.  Yesterday the House was debating
        a bill that basically guts the exclusionary rule.  A Democrat,
        Mel Watts, introduced substitute language which was, word-for-word,
        the 4th Amendment.  Bill McCollum went on a tear on the House
        floor, denouncing this terrible bleeding-heart liberal language
        as directly contrary to the bill's intent.  A vote was taken.  The
        4th Amendment was voted down by the House.
 
        This morning they figured out what had happened.  And they're,
        well, they're _peeved_.  [One wishes they were embarrassed.]
 
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        For those who don't have a reference library at hand, here's
        the 4th Amendment:  "The right of the people to be secure in their
        person, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches
and
        seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but
upon
        probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly
        describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to
be seized."