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To: Luis Gonzalez

The state constitutions are supposed to be in line with the Federal Constitution.

Anything that is not covered in the Federal Constitution is a power reserved to the states and to the people.


552 posted on 03/29/2007 12:47:38 PM PDT by Leatherneck_MT (Duncan Hunter in 2008)
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To: Leatherneck_MT
"The state constitutions are supposed to be in line with the Federal Constitution."

The Constitutions of the original States preceded the Federal Constitution...don't let little facts like that get in your way.

554 posted on 03/29/2007 1:03:30 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: Leatherneck_MT

All powers granted to the Federal government by the Constitution came from the States...they gave up very few powers when creating the Federal government.

We live today under a post Civil War definition of our nation, where we say "The United States is" rather than "The United States are..."

That explains much of the confusion about the original intent of the Constitution.


557 posted on 03/29/2007 1:39:43 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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