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To: mississippi red-neck
Every state that ratified it agreed to and accepted the provisions contained within it.

Provisions that applied exclusively to the federal government.

220 posted on 01/16/2006 3:51:36 AM PST by Mojave
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To: Mojave
Provisions that applied exclusively to the federal government.

Not really. If that where the case then no law or or bill or any act engaged in or created by the Federal Government would be legal or binding unless approved of by a majority of votes by the people of each individual state.

By ratifying the constitution they agreed that those rights listed therein as "national rights" that belong to the individual people who are citizens of that nation.

That was the whole purpose of the ratification procedure. A state's ratification representative could not/would not agree that you had a "right" on a national scale and then deny you that right within the state.

Some on here confuse a "law" and a "right".

A law is something that you do or don't do.

A right is something that you have, something you possess.

231 posted on 01/16/2006 7:49:15 AM PST by mississippi red-neck (You will never win the war on terrorism by fighting it in Iraq and funding it in the West Bank.)
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