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To: impimp
"I believe that States can do what they want. That makes me a “tenther” I suppose."

The 10th Amendment, since you've never read it:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

It means the States must obey the US Constitution. It does not mean the US constitution only restrains the federal government and We the People have no rights if the States decide to take them. Saying that it does means you have no clue what the fight for the Constitution was all about, nor about the founding concepts of this nation. Your public school education failed you.

34 posted on 09/06/2015 8:19:47 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: CodeToad; impimp
EXCELLENT point. Allow me to bold the operative phrase:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

Amendments 1-9 and 11+ are the prohibative rules that the states may not infringe.

So impimp. You say you are a tenther. If you are, be a tenther ALL THE WAY, not just part of it.

38 posted on 09/06/2015 8:23:06 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Ok. We won't call them 'Anchor Babies'. From now on, we shall call them 'Fetal Grappling Hooks'.)
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