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To: edsheppa
I did not propose that no economic activity can be regulated. I was asked what specific provision in the Constitution authorizes sellers to decide what they want to sell, and I answered that this is ordinarily an unenumerated right under the 9th and 10th Amendments.

The state can enact reasonable regulations, but in this case I say they ought not require the provision of harmful and lethal drugs. This is not a matter of individual whimsy. It has been an explicit part of medical ethics for 2500 years.

100 posted on 11/09/2007 3:05:20 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o
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To: Mrs. Don-o; Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
The state can enact reasonable regulations

So far as I know, states have plenary authority to regulate economic activity except where it would contravene some specific prohibition. Can you point to even a single example of the Court rejecting a state regulation based on the 9th or 10th Amendment?

109 posted on 11/09/2007 5:07:20 PM PST by edsheppa
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