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To: Dead Corpse
"In fact, the Constitution explicitly state that the "Supreme law of the Land"

Gobbledygook.

Article VI states that This Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land -- no matter what had existed before -- and the states and the federal government are bound by it.

It does NOT say that EVERYTHING in the constitution applies to the states.

Haven't you ever, in your life, signed a contract that specifies your responsibilities and the other party's responsibilities? Come on.

86 posted on 07/14/2006 9:40:52 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
and the states and the federal government are bound by it.

And by any restrictions placed on general government to protect our Rights. It was the entire PURPOSE of having a Bill of Rights in the first place. That because some States were ignoring some Rights seen as essential, and because there was worry that a strong central authority was seen as dangerous to individual liberty, that they put those restrictions on legislative and judicial action at the highest level they could where they would apply to ALL US citizens.

But some folks don't like that very much. It ruins their chances of passing local ordnances or State laws that can be used to remove those Rights and keep the public in check.

Folks like you apparently.

87 posted on 07/14/2006 9:45:10 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.- Aeschylus)
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