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To: Jane Long; ilovesarah2012
Only Commies ignore and denigrate our Constitution.

I'm sympathetic to this proposal, but just a head's up that UTAH would violate the Constitution if it tried to do this. One of the most important cases in US history -- McCulloch v. Maryland concerned an effort by Maryland do to something very similar in order to kick out a federal agency they didn't want. Chief Justice John Marshall and the Supreme Court said that no, that states can't do that, way back in 1819. It's a nice try but the issue has been tried and settled.

40 posted on 02/13/2014 10:49:57 AM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

They don’t want to kick out a federal agency. They just want to cut off its water supply. McCulloch v. Maryland doesn’t apply.

Utah just needs the water for something else. Irrigation maybe. They have a good case and can win in court.


56 posted on 02/13/2014 1:33:49 PM PST by BarnacleCenturion
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To: Alter Kaker

Nothing will stop the federal government from doing whatever they want anyway.


59 posted on 02/13/2014 3:24:19 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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