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Friendly reminder that our 10th Amendment rights exist specifically to limit federal power, and to give states superceding power over the federal government. Th
by dgzl 7y ago
Friendly reminder that our 10th Amendment rights exist specifically to limit federal power, and to give states superceding power over the federal government. The opposite doesn't actually exist.
- derekp7 7y agoExcept for Article 1 section 8. If it can be used to prevent a farmer from growing crops to feed his own animals, then it can be used to regulate insurance sales across state lines.
- ddxxdd 7y agoThe current is moving in the opposite direction now. Female genital mutilation is now legal in America because federal courts have decided that it's better than abuse of the commerce clause: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/health/fgm-female-genital-mutilation-law.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/health/fgm-female-genital...
- throwawaytoday5 7y agoNice to know that people are still clinging to a document that can literally mean whatever we want it to when convenient while Americans continue to shuffle and get raped by the corporate class.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoThe US constitution is, like all other written law, mostly meaningless, given enough time. If you don’t like it, changed it: they’re called amendments.
- favorited 7y agoWe don't need one in this case. The Commerce Clause in Article I gives the federal government the right to regulate interstate trade.
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