Re: Denied Illinois FOID card

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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.