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To: wimpycat
The Constitution doesn't prohibit defining crimes not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.

If you've read the tenth amendment you should know by now that the federal government was given explicit and listed powers. That's all they were given. No powers are implied. The crimes of Treason, Piracy and counterfeitting are all they have jurisdiction over and the Congress is limited in its legislative jurisdiction to the seat of the capital and territorial posessions.

It took a constitutional amendment to even provide the feds with the power to prohibit alcohol production. That is because they had no power to do that. (And it can be argued that the amendment itself was void before it was ratified but that's for another day).

189 posted on 11/18/2002 6:16:07 PM PST by Demidog
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To: Demidog
Is it your position that sending a bomb through the U.S. mail across state lines is NOT against the law? That bank robbery is NOT against the law? That blowing up Federal property is NOT against the law?
190 posted on 11/18/2002 6:32:48 PM PST by wimpycat
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