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To: bvw
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Look, you said that Congress needed a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol. I proved to you that they didn't.

I'm done. The ball's in your court. If you can point out where these Acts were unconstitutional or illegal (other than just saying so), be my guest.

119 posted on 02/13/2003 8:57:20 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
you said that Congress needed a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol. I proved to you that they didn't.

No you didn't. That legislative bans were found justifiable during wartime in no way implies that they would be justifiable during peacetime.

120 posted on 02/13/2003 9:01:08 AM PST by MrLeRoy ("That government is best which governs least.")
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To: robertpaulsen
We can then assume -- the most reasonable assumption -- that these laws weren't tested, that the Prohibition Amendment superceded any test of them. This is reasonable -- the only reasonable assumption -- due the short time between when these laws were passed and the passage of the Prohibition.
122 posted on 02/13/2003 9:03:18 AM PST by bvw
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