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To: rbmillerjr

Okay. You still haven’t provided where in the Constitution Congress is authorized to regulate drug laws. Article I, Section 8 lays out specific enumerated powers. The tenth amendment reinforces my position even more. The founders intended Congress to have only those limited powers. This exceeds it.

I will agree that the Supreme Court since the New Deal has re-interpreted much of the Constitutional restrictions in an expansionist view. However, is it your position that Conservatives are now arguing FOR expansive government powers on the federal level that go beyond the STRICT CONSTRUCTIONIST view of the constitution that they give lip service to? If not, then please provide the authorizing clause of the constitution. If you cannot do that, then you are simply arguing for a “living breathing” Constitution that liberals champion that is a disgrace to our founders.


125 posted on 04/09/2010 4:39:27 AM PDT by daniel885
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To: daniel885

What part of the Constitution authorizes “stop signs”?

Again, the Constitution is the framework for our government. The legislative branch is set up to write law. When these laws are unconstitutional, the judicial branch is the remedy to review and overturn the unconstitutional law.

Please provide the specific drug laws that have been overturned or even reviewed credibly. I know of some minor cases but nothing challenging the actual codes that specify specific drugs as being illegal.


126 posted on 04/09/2010 6:09:02 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Let hot tar wash their throats and may it flow freely.)
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