[geeks] 4th Amendment Gone

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

Phil Stracchino wrote:

> Isn't it closer to the truth to say that John Plantagenet signed the
> Magna Carta because his barons put it in front of him and said, "Sign
> this or we'll kill you"?  Certainly that's the way I learned it in
> history class in school in England.

That's  the "truth" after Richard came back, pushed his brother out and
blamed him (John) for all the abusive taxation that Richard had forced
him to levy to fund his crusades. John's big mistake was to pay the
ranson when the was captured.

Geoff.
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