[Jim Noble]

>>This "power" is in the same vain as considering blacks less than human and not allowing women to vote<<

1) Please cite any reference that the Constitution or its authors considered blacks to be "less than human". One will do.

2) States unquestionably had the power to deny women the vote until XIX. If XIX were repealed tomorrow, they would have the power again.

[FreeTally]

1) Please cite any reference that the Constitution or its authors considered blacks to be "less than human". One will do.

Your kidding, right? Three fifths a white man.

2) States unquestionably had the power to deny women the vote until XIX. If XIX were repealed tomorrow, they would have the power again.

Sure, by that interpretation of the 9th. However, under such a scenario, we are not a "free" country. We are ruled on the whim of man with a few "guidelines" that are easily ignored.