To: Drango
the federal Labeling Act, first enacted in 1965, ...Part of the law dictated that no state law could impose a requirement or prohibition with respect to advertising or promotion of cigarettes, " Of course a law can't overturn the 10th amendment, but we will pretend not to notice that.
3 posted on
12/29/2010 6:25:01 PM PST by
Drango
(NO-vember is payback for April 15th)
To: Drango
Believe it or not, this is what the ‘commerce clause’ (trade between the several states) was put in the Constitution for. One state is actively trying to discourage its residents from buying the legal product of another state. The 10th doesn't come into this when it directly conflicts with the Constitution.
To: Drango
Federal law is supreme, when its a matter of inter-state commerce.
But Bloomberg makes up his own rules to tyrannize New Yorkers more. Not that I’d ever light up but his bossiness makes me want to rebel.
DON’T TREAD ON ME!
6 posted on
12/29/2010 6:35:30 PM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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