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To: Ken H
A reminder...

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

A further reminder. The Tenth amendment was never intended to comprehend indulgent drug usage or bizarre sexual practices. As John Adams pointed out:

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

37 posted on 02/20/2015 1:05:37 PM PST by DiogenesLamp
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To: DiogenesLamp
The Tenth amendment was never intended to comprehend indulgent drug usage or bizarre sexual practices.

States are free to ban those - Colorado doesn't.

As John Adams pointed out:

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

Yet he never said federal or state action could make a people moral.

74 posted on 02/20/2015 2:11:24 PM PST by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: DiogenesLamp
A further reminder. The Tenth amendment was never intended to comprehend indulgent drug usage or bizarre sexual practices.

So states are required to ban such practices? Suppose they don't. Then what?

As John Adams pointed out:

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Given the reverence of the Founders for the document, I'm sure Adams was including people who piss all over the Constitution.

80 posted on 02/20/2015 2:15:51 PM PST by Ken H (What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
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