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To: fr_freak
There is nothing in the Constitution that grants the federal government the power to regulate a damn thing that occurs entirely within a state's jurisdiction, so, to sidestep those pesky Constitutional limitations on federal power, the SCOTUS decided that somehow the interstate commerce clause

Ah yes, the almighty interstate commerce clause. The fed.gov “nose of the camel” A little something to attend to after getting the illegals out and disposing of the IRS.

6 posted on 08/19/2007 2:59:44 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: TLI

Try the 10th Amendment

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution


12 posted on 08/19/2007 5:42:01 AM PDT by cowtowney
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