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To: RayStacy


Your confusion lies in the fact that the Constitution is the supreme Law of the Land, -- above any of the Federal, State, or local government statutes/laws "to the contrary notwithstanding".
[See Art VI]


275 posted on 11/10/2004 8:58:34 AM PST by tpaine (No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another. - T. Jefferson)
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To: tpaine

What that means (the supremacy clause) is that if the fed gov legally passes a law that it is legally entitled to pass, then the states must obey. It DOES NOT mean that the fed gov gets to pass laws that are not covered in the enumeration, such as telling the states that they can't have state supported churches. But what about my questions posed earlier?


276 posted on 11/10/2004 9:15:34 AM PST by RayStacy
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