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To: MrLeRoy
So it's OK to violate the Constitution if it's being used as an "excuse"?

No. It's wrong to twist and turn the Constitution so that it protects the bestiality of the few, to the detriment of the many.

The Constitution was formed not only to protect RIGHTS, but to protect RIGHT.

162 posted on 10/17/2001 6:42:31 PM PDT by Illbay
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To: Illbay
It's wrong to twist and turn the Constitution

What's "twisted and turned" about the following argument?

The Constitution does not explicitly grant the federal government the power to ban drugs (although it does grant the federal government the power to "regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States"), so by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments the federal government has no such general power (although it may ban the import, export, and/or interstate shipment of drugs)---and in particular, the federal government has no power to ban the intrastate making, distributing, possessing, or consuming of drugs.

169 posted on 10/18/2001 8:31:15 AM PDT by MrLeRoy
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