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To: Non-Sequitur

there are NO "implied restrictions" on the STATES in the Constitution. only restrictions on the FEDERAL govt.

the founders of this republic FEARED centralized control from Philadelphia/Washington WITH REASON.

some of the most beautiful words in the Constitution are: "Congress shall make NO law"!

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349 posted on 10/17/2006 8:53:46 AM PDT by stand watie ("Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God." - T. Jefferson, 1804)

To: stand watie

there are NO "implied restrictions" on the STATES in the Constitution. only restrictions on the FEDERAL govt.

Sure there are. Read the 10th Amendment. The powers "prohibited by it to the States" part of the 10th Amendment.

352 posted on 10/17/2006 9:46:29 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur

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