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

And the explicit expression of the federal limitations in the Bill of Rights has acted as a standard to which the courts have adhered, limitating open-ended interpretation of the Tenth Amendment and challenges to federal powers. Tenth Amendment decisions limiting federal powers are almost as rare as a cogent argument from Abundy.

A real lawyer would know that.

235 posted on 10/21/2007 6:42:22 AM PDT by Mojave
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To: Mojave
And the explicit expression of the federal limitations in the Bill of Rights has acted as a standard to which the courts have adhered, limitating open-ended interpretation of the Tenth Amendment and challenges to federal powers. Tenth Amendment decisions limiting federal powers are almost as rare as a cogent argument from Abundy.

Roscoe, you are intentionally twisting my statement.

I didn't comment on how often or successfully a federal law is challenged by a state or individual, but merely refuted your assertion that these entities could not challenge a federal law.

You even point out in your post that they are possible, yet you appeared to be arguing to Dead Corpse that they couldn't.

You also don't understand the nature of our government and clearly yearn for a more totalitarian system.

STFU.

247 posted on 10/21/2007 8:47:54 AM PDT by Abundy
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