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To: Colt .45
Bullsh*t!

I repeat Article IV and you say "bull"?

Obviously if the power resides in the people as proscribed in the Declaration of Independence "Governments are created by consent of the governed" and that "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

The Constitution is our law, not the Declaration of Independence.

And because as Madison said in the Federalist Papers - "Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution." --James Madison, Federalist No. 39

Yep, and they volunteered to follow the Constitution.

Federal means - Shared power between the central government and the States. Now look at who was supposed to hold the preponderance of power - "The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy *over* the National Government, and will for ever preclude the possibility of federal encroachments. That their liberties, indeed, can be subverted by the federal head, is repugnant to every rule of political calculation." --Alexander Hamilton

But they are obliged to follow the laws they agreed to in the Constitution.

So your misconstruing of the 10th Amendment is just plain stupid. It clearly states that "powers not delegated to the Federal Governmentby the Constitution, nor reserved by it (the same Constitution) to the states, remain with the states or the people!" And if that doesn't make it clear enough for you then perhaps the 9th will " The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

"Not delegated" being the key words. Congress was delegated the power to pass laws for the manner in which states prove their acts.

So if the people voted to nullify any laws they didn't agree with, then those laws are not legal and binding according to the Founders'. Read the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions.

The Constitution isw the supreme law of the land, not individual personal scribblings.

I wasn't going to reply...

Yeah, yeah. This makes twice the argument has died and you return to get everyone fired up again with your personal attacks.

...but your last post about the 10th Amendment proves how ignorant you are on this subject! Take your ranting about Article 4 and stick it where the sun doesn't shine - silly BOY!

You don't like the Constitution reepeated? lol

693 posted on 03/11/2004 3:47:52 PM PST by #3Fan (Kerry to POW-MIA activists: "You'll wish you'd never been born.". Link on my homepage.)
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To: #3Fan
Congress cannot make state laws pure and simple. And you seem to forget nullification. The Declaration of Independence is where our uniquely American ideals are written down! IT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT! You don't know squat about the Constitution or anything about the framing of it. You just spout what is written, but totally misrepresent the facts. You are a prevaricator of the worst kind.
694 posted on 03/11/2004 3:52:43 PM PST by Colt .45 ( Veteran - Pride in my Southern Ancestry! Falsum etiam est verum quod constituit superior.)
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