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To: DaveyB; Cen-Tejas
No amendment, clause etc. . . is self enforcing. An actual institution must do the heavy lifting.

The 10A merely stated a truth. The states as independent countries relinquished certain powers to the government of their creation, most notably those in Article I Section 10. They obviously kept that which they didn't give away.

The states would have given away very little, had the constitution not provided for a senate of the states. The senate was the institution to enforce the 10th.

<>Was the 10th Amendment repealed?<>

The 17A effectively repealed the 10A.

39 posted on 04/21/2015 11:17:47 AM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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To: Jacquerie
The 17A effectively repealed the 10A.

I'm not sure how the 17th amendment, (changes how senators are elected) repeals the 10th.

41 posted on 04/21/2015 1:20:07 PM PDT by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: Jacquerie

....your comment is very interesting. But, can you go real slow and be real specific about how the 17th “effectively repealed the 10th”, kinda like you were holding a class for the first grade on the first day of the school year.

I’m seriously not arguing with you. I just want to understand your “specific” grounds for stating this.


43 posted on 04/21/2015 3:41:04 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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