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Old 08-18-2005, 08:40 PM   #21 (permalink)
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This is just political maneuvering. Most bills already have some brief preamble in which some part of the constitution is cited. The no-guns-around-schools law that the SC rejected in Lopez, shocking alot of people at the time, mentioned the commerce clause in the bill itself. This minor change, if that, is a Congressman trying to look good. The legislative branch makes the laws. The Courts will still interpret the laws.
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