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To: dsc
Where in Article I, Section 8, or anywhere else in the Constitution, is Congress granted the power to prohibit the practice of human sacrifice as a religious ritual?

What's your point? Congress is not granted that power, and thus laws concerning murder (including human sacrifice) of nearly everyone except federal agents, and individuals murdered "on the high seas" or in the District of Columbia, are the purview of state governments.

This is why 18 USC 1111(b) specifies the scope of the penalty for murder as "Within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States."

138 posted on 09/14/2009 9:51:17 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: mvpel

“What’s your point? Congress is not granted that power, and thus laws concerning murder (including human sacrifice) of nearly everyone except federal agents, and individuals murdered “on the high seas” or in the District of Columbia, are the purview of state governments. This is why 18 USC 1111(b) specifies the scope of the penalty for murder as “Within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.”

Good grief.

If congress is not granted that power, then federal laws against murder are invalid. By your logic, murder is legal on any military base, except insofar as it might fall under state jurisdiction.


139 posted on 09/14/2009 10:03:23 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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