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To: tacticalogic
That's the standard accusation for anyone who questions whether that's supposed to be the federal government's job. What do you think?

Eh, I would not mind getting the feds out of such things. But how do you defend against interstate/international racketeers and smuggling/contraband then?

Most federal laws came to be during prohibition, the mafia wars, and drug wars for the particular purpose of unified law against interstate/international racketeers...

States do not have any authority outside their own respective boundaries, and cannot make treaties with foreign governments.

425 posted on 08/23/2007 8:59:00 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Build the fence. Enforce the law.)
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To: roamer_1
States do not have any authority outside their own respective boundaries, and cannot make treaties with foreign governments.

Making treaties with foreign governments and taking care of smuggling across international borders is the federal government's job, and I don't have any problem with them doing it, as long as they're using that power for it's intended purposes.

428 posted on 08/24/2007 3:23:08 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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