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To: Hunble
Good point, but explain Prohibition.

Show me where the production and sale of alcohol is specifically mentioned in the BoR.

To be more to the point, new amendments can not be made that would say things such as "This is a repeal of the 2nd amendment" or "The right of the people to be secure.....can be infringed". The BoR protects natural rights and is not an enumeration of rights, as stated by the 9th and 10th amendments. The right to manbufacture and sell alcohol would have been one of the rights "retained by the States, or the people". The interpretation of the "interstate commerce clause" is probably the justification as to why the Federal governement claimed jurisdiction to ammend the Constitution to prohibt alcohol.

79 posted on 05/09/2002 8:29:55 AM PDT by FreeTally
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To: FreeTally
The interpretation of the "interstate commerce clause" is probably the justification as to why the Federal governement claimed jurisdiction to ammend the Constitution to prohibt alcohol.

The Constitution can only be amended by the States, not Congress. Congress only ratifies the amendment after a majority of the states pass it. Alcohol prohibition pre-dates FDR's New Deal Commerce Clause. That's why it took a constitutional amendment to prohibit alcohol, but not for marijuana prohibition, which was done under FDR's Commerce Clause.

83 posted on 05/09/2002 8:34:33 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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