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To: cableguymn
"No. The constitution is the rules for the Federal Government. Not the states."

Close but not quite. The Constitution is the law of the land but whatever is doesn't cover is left to the States to decide. But no State can write a law the supersedes the Constitution.

"THAT" is what the Founders intended.

13 posted on 01/07/2013 3:44:28 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg

“But no State can write a law the supersedes the Constitution.”

Precisely the idea stated by the Virginia Supreme Court when striking down a city ordinance prevent open carry in the city of Norfolk. Virginia law allows open carry and the city cannot supercede the law of the state.


14 posted on 01/07/2013 3:58:10 AM PST by fredhead (It's my Herbie year...check out the number on the side of the famous VW.)
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