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To: robertpaulsen
I'm a big believer in states rights. I'm also a believer in the U.S. Constitution, specifically the Supremacy Clause.

Would those be the rights of the States as intended by those that wrote the Constitution, or the rights of the States as they would have been intended by you if you had written it?

51 posted on 08/31/2005 6:08:08 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("libertarian" - what Repblicans call republicans.)
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To: tacticalogic
"Would those be the rights of the States as intended by those that wrote the Constitution, or the rights of the States as they would have been intended by you if you had written it?"

Eliminate the Due Process Clause of the 14th amendment and you'll know what I mean.

State constitutions and state laws prevail unless superceded by constitutional federal law. That is what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they wrote the Constitution and established federalism.

I know that makes a centrist like yourself uncomfortable. You'd like one set of laws, one set of protected rights, and you get to interpret what they all mean for every American.

Quote me any Founding Father that said that was the goal.

58 posted on 08/31/2005 7:49:33 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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