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Utah Congressional Candidate Morgan Philpot: Pushing Back Against Federal Restrictions on Land Use

By Ashton Ellis
Wednesday, September 15 2010

Many politicians claim to know the difference between the U.S. Constitution and “The Communist Manifesto,” but very few take the time to judge legislation by whether it moves society closer to one or the other. Morgan Philpot is one of the latter. As a state legislator in Utah, Philpot earned attention by holding up a copy of each document on the House floor and asking his colleagues which of the two favored the bill under consideration. Though some considered it a stunt, Philpot was serious. To him, it was amazing to see how little people thought about constitutional…

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