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To: Texaggie79
"No State can ban the possession or consumption of alcohol"

LMAO, says who? States can ban Pokemon cards if they wanted to.

Try to use some logic here. Ask any other Freeper, even Libertarians, and they will agree. Why do states even exist if they all must have the exact same laws?

You have been told that outright bans/prohibitions are NOT constitutional, by many freepers, in many different threads. It is not logical that you insist otherwise.

-- States have been given the power to prohibit violent/fraudulent criminal acts, whether commited in public or private.

NO where, in the federal, or in any state constitution will you find the power ceded to prohibit private, non-violent behavior, or to prohibit peaceful possession of any type of property.
In fact, there are many restrictions on such police powers in every constitution.

Public behaviours or possessions can be regulated, using due process. NOT prohibited.

288 posted on 01/15/2002 1:39:09 PM PST by tpaine
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To: tpaine
You have been told that outright bans/prohibitions are NOT constitutional, by many freepers

Actually I think you are pretty much the only one that said that. Others such as OWK, admit that it can be quite constitutional to do such, but they just think it morally wrong.

298 posted on 01/15/2002 2:12:53 PM PST by Texaggie79
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