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Re: Denied Illinois FOID card
Posted by butwhat on 10/25/07

    I'm impatiently awaiting the outcome of the trial.


    On 10/05/07, v wrote:
    > Oh ... I get it now. That's why our
    > federal judges can't figure out the
    > constitution, 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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