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Re: Denied Illinois FOID card
Posted by v on 10/05/07

    Oh ... I get it now. That's why our
    federal judges can't figure out the
    constitutin, they missed those
    classes.


    On 10/05/07, who cares wrote:
    > On 10/05/07, v wrote:
    >> I don't know! What do it mean?
    >
    > The 11th Amendment describes dual
    sovereignty very well. Basically,
    if the US
    > Constitution or federal law does
    not reserve a power exclusively to
    the federal
    > government, it is granted to the
    states.
    >
    > We started this thread with
    someone claiming that the 2nd
    Amendment controlled gun
    > rights in all states. It is very
    common to hear someone claim their
    gun rights under
    > the 2nd amendment are being
    violated by a state or local
    government. WRONG! The 2nd
    > Amendment is one of a few parts of
    the Constitution that does not apply
    to state
    > government. It prevents the
    federal government from denying your
    gun rights but since
    > it does not specifically apply its
    terms to the states--under the 11th
    Amendment the
    > power to regulate guns is not
    denied the states.
    >
    > Federalism or dual sovereignty is
    a concept almost universally
    misunderstood. It
    > appears that law students also
    miss the critical point of how the
    Constitution works.
    > I'm sure some student out there
    can explain the concept better than
    I have. For
    > example; explain why the 13th
    Amendment applies to state
    government as well as federal
    > government but the 7th Amendment
    only applies to the federal
    government?
    >
    > OK class, this is a take home exam.

     
     

 
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