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Originally Posted by ubertuber
DK, if the Constitution was intended to be the ONLY law of the land, it wouldn't grant Congress the power to make laws.
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Pardon me, I meant SUPREME law of the land. got a bit excited and misspoke myself.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
dk...the amendment process resulted in the 16th amendment that Paul and other libertarians somehow still consider unconstitutional and that serve as the foundation of their postions:
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The 16th is settled law and has been proven to be a legally binding amendment. The stupid difference of punctuation concerning the amendment ratification between the different states is petty bullshit. There are amendments that probably shouldn't have been made, the 16th included, but they are done and ratified, so they legally exist.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
and what Uber said as well (article I, section 8 - Congress shall have the power to.......)
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yes, they have the power to tax, but not do anything that would violate the constitution nor violate the rights of the people.
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Last edited by dksuddeth; 07-09-2007 at 07:13 PM..
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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