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To: ontap
We are ruled by the Constitution of the United States and if a state passes a law that does not comply

How does the in-state selling of cannabis not comply with the Constitution? Its illegality is a relatively recent thing.

At issue here is how the federal government managed to assume the power to override state law on this internal state issue. Hint: It came from overextending the commerce clause into absurdity.

49 posted on 07/27/2007 1:23:03 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

I don’t want to get into the legalization of cannabis nor do I want to defend the DEA or ATF and I certainly don’t believe they don’t cross the line. But illegal drugs are a scourge on this country and if we have a tool and it’s been sanctioned by the U.S. Supreme court then we need to use it. After all the constitution gives the court that power. I might add that this is the court we have been working so hard to get, that doesn’t necessarily guarantee we’ll get all the rulings we like.


50 posted on 07/27/2007 1:34:02 PM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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