[gargoyle]

...Why is the federal legislature involved? They don't have enough time on their hands with a plate of un-constitutional pandering? How many more americans had there feeding and water supply removed today? It's a chance to get "news time"...

[muawiyah]

14th Amendment has this tricky little "equal protection" clause. Then, without even looking at the amendments we do find "due process of law" and that sort of thing.

Seems to me Congress is empowered to examine this situation.