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To: Still Thinking
“Why accept the burden of proof? They're the ones trying to challenge the law. Let them try to analyze the steel and prove it came from out of state.”

Why accept the premise? Before the Roosevelt court, a long standing precedent was that the Constitution and the Commerce clause protected the people from regulation by the National and State government. This was because the right to contract between private parties was considered a natural right.

46 posted on 02/27/2010 2:32:55 PM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Oh, I agree. I was just posting to point out that I thought his outlook was invalid, even so far as it went.


47 posted on 02/27/2010 2:57:07 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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