[ForGod'sSake]

Some additional comments from JUSTICE KENNEDY:

The federal system rests on what might at first seem a counter-intuitive insight, that “freedom is enhanced by the creation of two governments, not one.” Alden v. Maine, 527 U. S. 706, 758 (1999). The Framers concluded that allocation of powers between the National Government and the States enhances freedom, first by protecting the integrity of the governments themselves, and second by protecting the people, from whom all governmental powers are derived.

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Federalism is more than an exercise in setting the boundary between different institutions of government for their own integrity. “State sovereignty is not just an end in itself: ‘Rather, federalism secures to citizens the liberties that derive from the diffusion of sovereign power.’”

[green iguana]

Thanks for the ping.

I'm glad Bond has standing to sue, but I'll withhold praise for the court until I see that she actually wins the case against the Feds on 10th amendment grounds. Or anyone, for that matter.

[LucyT]

Article, then # 2 , and # 23.

Thanks, thecodont.

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