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To: Gumption
Gumption wrote:

James Madison in Federalist No. 45:
"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite."

Yep.. Some powers are "prohibited by it [the Constitution] to the States".
-- The BOR's enumerates some of those prohibited powers , but does not deny that there are "others retained by the people".
See the 9 & 10th Amendments.

134 posted on 02/15/2005 8:52:28 AM PST by P_A_I
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To: P_A_I
The BOR's enumerates some of those prohibited powers , but does not deny that there are "others retained by the people". See the 9 & 10th Amendments.

The 9th Amendment prohibits the central government (not the states) from misconstruing the main body of the Constitution. For instance, the feds (not states) can't make laws against alcohol, weed, or slavery and say the Constitution doesn't say you can drink alcohol, smoke weed, or own slaves. Get it?

The 10th says that it's constitutional for a state to prohibit, or allow, anything it wants to so long as the power doesn't conflict with the Constitution.

States powers can extend anywhere they wish it to unless, or until, it conflicts with the Constitution. There is no such restriction when it comes to mind altering substances.

152 posted on 02/15/2005 11:07:49 AM PST by Gumption
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