[tacticalogic]

I point out to you how this same idea is working in New York as regarding their cigarette taxes.

And I point you to Article V of the US Constitution, which specifies the process of amendment. This is the means by which the States modify the enumerated powers transferred to the national government.

[DiogenesLamp]

And I point you to Article V of the US Constitution, which specifies the process of amendment. This is the means by which the States modify the enumerated powers transferred to the national government.

The power to defend the nation is already granted to the Federal government. There need be no additional amendments to grant it this power.