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Old 06-09-2003, 03:21 PM   #16 (permalink)
denim
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Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Originally posted by komodo
Our current political atmosphere goes for a loose interpretation of the Constitution. IE, unless it says specifically that you can't, you can.
Which is, of course, backwards. The US Constitution was written to limit the powers of the Federal Government, and to delegate all the rest to the states. The Feds have a problem with that, though, and have been fighting it since forever.

(edit: s/delimit/limit/)

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