"In order to limit the powers which it was feared might be claimed or exercised by the Federal government, under the provisions of the Constitution as it was when adopted, the first ten amendments to that instrument were proposed to the legislatures of the several states by the first Congress on the 25th of September, 1789. They were intended as restraints and limitations upon the powers of the general government, and were not intended to and did not have any effect upon the powers of the respective states. This has been many times decided." -- U.S. Supreme Court MAXWELL v. DOW, 176 U.S. 581 (1900)
[The ONLY other person that I have ever seen do the compulsive 'cite' bit, is 'mojo', who of course, never posts on FR any more, as a matter of principle.]
H'rup, -- whattaya think, is he baaaack?