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To: mylife

United States Constitution Article 1 Section 10: Limits on the States.

The final section of Article One outlines the limits on the powers of the States:

Section 10, Clause 1 (Contracts Clause): No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.


55 posted on 07/03/2009 5:36:16 AM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: broken_arrow1

A so called Republican is backing this.


57 posted on 07/03/2009 5:40:52 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: broken_arrow1

Yep. Californica has become a loose canon for foreign picking and dependency... and the weak overspent feds which promised to support compliant states is getting no return.


63 posted on 07/03/2009 5:56:00 AM PDT by JudgemAll (control freaks, their world & their problem with my gun and my protecting my private party)
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