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To: Non-Sequitur
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratri.asp

Note the date (as compared to the date our Constitution was adopted by other States) - and the specific terms (please see the "3d" clause ;>)...

450 posted on 02/09/2010 4:18:52 PM PST by Who is John Galt? ("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
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Wow what a thread, I haven’t had a chance to go and read through it all yet.

One of the important things to remember of nullification is that... as the US Constitution did not delegate the authority to rule or decide over the constitutionality of federal actions to the Federal Government (which of course includes the Supreme Court of the US)... those powers (like all other not enumerated in Article I, Section VIII of the Constitution) are reserved (as reaffirmed by the 10th Amendment) to the states.

Therefore, it’s ultimately up to the states to determine when federal actions are in violation of the Constitution and therefore null and void, not the Supreme Court (an arm of the Federal Government itself).

Even if one believes in the principle of judicial review regarding the Supreme Court... it merely serves as A check on the power of the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government... it does not possess the exclusive right to the decide upon the constitutionality of Federal actions (either legislative or executive) as that authority was not addressed in the US Constitution and was therefore retained by the states upon ratification.


455 posted on 02/09/2010 4:36:38 PM PST by beanshirts (Vote Medina for Life, Liberty, and Property in Texas: http://www.medinafortexas.com/)
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To: Who is John Galt?
Note the date (as compared to the date our Constitution was adopted by other States) - and the specific terms (please see the "3d" clause ;>)...

Duly noted.

468 posted on 02/09/2010 5:43:30 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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