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To: TexasFreeper2009

the supreme court hasn’t ruled an act of congress unconstitutional in decades.

Not true.

In NY v. United States, 505 US 144, the court ruled that certain provisions relating to a Congressional act regarding handling of nuclear waste were unconstitutional.

In the Lopez decision, the court ruled that trying to justify handgun/firearm control near schools was not part of interstate commerce, and therefore invalid.

There have been a couple others, I would have to check the latest annotated Constitution to see the list.


25 posted on 12/01/2012 5:13:46 AM PST by djf (Conservative values help the poor. Liberal values help them STAY poor!!!)
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To: djf

Wasn’t Lopez in the 90s? It’s been almost 20 years.


61 posted on 12/03/2012 3:50:58 PM PST by Tublecane
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