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Posts published in “Year: 2004

Siesta fading in its birthplace

Brief by Central Staff

Modern Life – November 2004 – Colorado Central Magazine

In Salida and certain other parts of Central Colorado, some of us like to joke that we have a constitutional right to a siesta.

The logic behind that is a bit convoluted. It starts with Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, which states that “The Constitution … and all Treaties made … shall be the supreme Law of the Land.”