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To: onyx

thanks.


1,751 posted on 03/21/2010 8:21:41 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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A way out? State Constitutional Amendment? read more at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031901470.html

Constitutional amendments.

Of course, there is one additional way for states to win a fight about the constitutionality of health-care legislation: Make it unconstitutional. Article V of the Constitution gives state legislatures the power to require Congress to convene a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution. If two-thirds of state legislatures demand an amendment barring the federal regulation of health insurance or an individual mandate, Congress would be constitutionally bound to hold a convention. Something like this happened in 1933 when Congress proposed and two-thirds of the states ratified the 21st Amendment, removing from the Constitution the federal power to prohibit the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol. But the very threat of an amendment convention would probably induce Congress to repeal the bill.


1,755 posted on 03/21/2010 8:26:47 AM PDT by CherylMc
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Why do I hear the “Imperial March” Theme inside my head when I see the House Members walking into the House Chamber?


1,947 posted on 03/21/2010 10:13:43 AM PDT by yield 2 the right
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