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To: RockyMtnMan
My state has the right to tell me I can't drive drunk or kill kittens.

And, all states have a right to outlaw drug usage as they should be.

That doesn't mean that the Federal government doesn't have the authority to stop drug trafficking.

61 posted on 03/30/2010 12:48:46 PM PDT by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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To: Ol' Sparky

Ahhh yes, there’s the solution lets use the commerce clause to outlaw drugs because they can move between states. Great idea, oh wait that’s how they justify ObamaCare, ooops! That judical activism by the SCOTUS permitting the commerce clause to be used in such a manner. Let’s just cross out the 10th amendment entirely it doesn’t look like it’s very useful anyway.

The Fed does have the job of protecting the borders and deciding what comes into the country. I don’t see where it says they can prevent Joe pot head from growing in his backyard.

Thanks to the invention of Federal power to make drugs illegal through a “living constitution” we’ll be seeing a lot more of our rights taken away to protect us from dopers. At least we’ll be doing the right thing for our fellow man.


64 posted on 03/30/2010 12:57:05 PM PDT by RockyMtnMan
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