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To: Servant of the 9
"If the Federal Govt. did not have the power to ban alcohol without a Constitutional amendment,"

But they did have that power. Now what?

87 posted on 01/05/2004 6:44:22 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
"If the Federal Govt. did not have the power to ban alcohol without a Constitutional amendment,"

But they did have that power. Now what?

No, they did not, which is the reason they passed the:

XVIII amendment.

Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

Section. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

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But when it came to drugs, they just made the right to control up out of whole cloth and arogance to 'protect us from ourselves' So9

96 posted on 01/05/2004 8:03:38 AM PST by Servant of the 9 (Goldwater Republican)
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