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To: tacticalogic
The US Constitution states
The Congress shall have Power ... To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
Make of that what you will.
596 posted on 11/10/2007 12:10:59 PM PST by ctdonath2 (The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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To: ctdonath2

Maybe just a matter of semantics, but it comes down the difference between “reserved” and “delegated”. “Reserved” means that the States retained this power for themselves, and exercise it on thier own behalf. “Delegated” means that the power rightly belongs to someone else, and the States are merely allowed to exercise it on someone else’s behalf.


597 posted on 11/10/2007 12:16:13 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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