Life, Liberty . . .
Playing gotcha on the exact phrasings in the Constitution is pretty silly and Professor Althouse tries it on The NYTimes:
"The New York Times editors think that the phrase 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' is in the Constitution..." Oops! But if it's a living Constitution, surely, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have evolved there by now. Let's run with it! Possibly to things the NYT won't even like.
(Emphasis supplied.) For the record, a pretty important amendment to the Constitution, the 14th, states:
. . . No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
(Emphasis supplied.) Not precisely "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness," but not exactly made up out of whole cloth as Professor Althouse seems to suggest. Just sayin'
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