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To: dano1
Personally, I think Thompson is using the States rights issue as a convenient "cop out".

You and your candidate have no clue what Federalism is, do you?

For example, has Fred ever been active on forefront of the fight against abortion within his own home State?

Was Fred ever a state legislator?

19 posted on 11/18/2007 12:29:43 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Do you understand Federalism. I am taking a Constitutional Law Class this semester and I can assure you that most people seem to have a more idealogical than legal view of federalism. Legally all that federalism requires is that the federal government not regulate in areas that it has been given power to regulate in under the constitution. It says nothing about the advisability of amending the constitution or how one should interpret the 14th Amendment which would seem to give Congress the power to prevent any state from legalizing any murder of a person (including an unborn person). Most people on FR seem to embrace FREDERALISM rather than true Federalism and reinterpret the 10th Amendment as if it said “Congress shall make no law infringing on states rights.” Unfortunately, for Frederalists that is not what it says and to interpret it that way is nothing other than judicial activism.


65 posted on 11/18/2007 12:57:09 PM PST by dschapin
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