Sunday, February 06, 2005

Marx as a founding father of America

In light of the Internet buzz over the recent survey of high school students that found most students think the First Amendment is over-rated, let me provide those on the left with some good news. Apparently, most people think that the Constitution contains (or could contain) Marx's maxim "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." A 2002 Columbia Law School survey asked respondents whether that phrase was in the Constitution. 35% said yes; 31% said no; and 34% didn't know.

For more information, see the press release and Michael Dorf's commentary. (News of the survey comes via an LA Times editorial by Molly Selvin that I can't find online "We the People, Ignorant and Tuned Out")

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