Re: The Media Aren't Liberal

Hey Michael!

 

See Title 21 United States Code, §841(a)(1) and §846.   In accordance with the Constitution, the Congress has the dominion to regulate interstate, (to some degree intrastate, if it affects interstate of international), and international  Commerce;

 

See U.S. Constitution, Article One, Section Eight, Clause Three:

 

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:58 AM, MJ <michaelj@america.net> wrote:

Note Amendment XVIII

Section. 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

Section. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

and its complement Amendment XXI

Section. 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

Section. 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

Section. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Now, where -- exactly -- is the Amendment that empowers those Feds to criminalize -- say -- an arbitrary list of substances?
Give up?

Regard$,
--MJ

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. -- Amendment X

 
This simply, is  failed and misguided logic.   A state is more than capable of enacting environmental laws that are more stringent than federal guidelines,  but a State cannot legalize something that is outright prohibited in this Nation. 

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