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To: rollo tomasi
Within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States,

Read that again and realize that the jurisdiction here is only in special maritime and territorial possessions of the federal government, not the states.   The States are the United States.

The territorial jurisdiction of the United States are:

American Samoa.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Federated States of Micronesia.
Republic of Palau.
Guam.
Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Puerto Rico.
United States Virgin Islands.
Minor Outlying Islands. Bajo Nuevo Bank. Baker Island. Howland Island. Jarvis Island. Johnston Atoll. Kingman Reef. Midway Islands. Navassa Island. Palmyra Atoll.

The States legislate their own laws against abortion, the Federal government has to stay out of it as stated in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments:

Thus the Ninth Amendment makes it clear that the rights enumerated in our founding documents are not the only rights we have, while the Tenth Amendment makes it equally clear that the powers delegated to the federal government are its only powers.

121 posted on 03/17/2024 9:02:29 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: higgmeister

Being a state issue or a national issue for everyone depends on what abortion is.


122 posted on 03/17/2024 9:12:29 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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