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To: ProgressingAmerica

No state Constitution oversteps The Constitution of the United States .... but I have not done a compare/contrast study.


3 posted on 05/03/2020 4:15:03 PM PDT by knarf
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To: knarf

The issue is not overstepping. The issue is footprint size. The enumerated powers list for the United States Constitution is only 17. Now I know there are implications here, but the reverse is a query into what is the enumerated powers list like for each state?

There is no such enumerated powers list in any state constitution that I am aware of(there might be), but if a state had one it would be thousands of entries long. Not 17.


4 posted on 05/03/2020 4:18:00 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (Public meetings are superior to newspapers)
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To: knarf

Many state constitutions grant more rights than are explicit in the federal version. So, in that sense they might Trump the Constitution, but they may not take away federal rights.


7 posted on 05/03/2020 4:34:00 PM PDT by jimfree (My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: knarf
No state Constitution oversteps The Constitution of the United States ...

The problem is that the US Constitution oversteps the State Constitutions, by Congressional and other actions beyond the enumerated powers.

16 posted on 05/03/2020 6:02:08 PM PDT by C210N
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No longer a government of limited powers, the commerce clause together with broad applications of the privacy provisions of the federal Constitution and applications of the 14th amendment have effectively destroyed federalism and regrettably "overstepped" state constitutions.


24 posted on 05/03/2020 8:45:41 PM PDT by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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