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Structure of the constitution was saying that we dont need to enumerate rights because the assumption is you have a right unless a prohibition was created. How would you expand upon it more eloquently sins you teach this stuffs . I think that is an adequate description of the assumptions underlying our constitution, that the assumption was that if congress had limited power, it wouldnt have the ability to infringe rights in the first place. And of course at the time the constitution was ratified...

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Jerry Springer, a former lawyer who served as mayor of Cincinnati before becoming a household name on television, filmed his shows final years in Stamford.

At its peak, The Jerry Springer Show was a ratings powerhouse and a U.S. cultural pariah known for chair-throwing and bleep-filled arguments

And Jim Justice makes it official.

Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show unleashed strippers, homewreckers and skinheads to brawl and spew obscenities on weekday afternoons, has died. He was 79.

Its been encouraging to see nonpartisan debate about whether Cincinnati should sell its railroad, but important questions remain about the deal.

When the prosecution rested in the Ohio government corruption case being tried in Cincinnati federal court, you almost expected to hear "The Godfather" theme music playing in the background.

Cincinnati Councilwoman Liz Keating poses daily questions to get people interacting with each other in spirited, nonpolitical, debate.

Unlike a baseball game, political campaigns have time limits. And Matt Dolan’s first run at the U.S. Senate ran out of time.