Re: Helms on Tobacco Czar Clinton

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From: Ray Ubinger
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 00:00

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Ed Green writes:

> > Isn't federal drug prohibition prohibited by the Tenth Amendment? 
>
> Not when the commerce crosses state lines, it ain't.

1.  Does "power to regulate" really imply power to _prohibit_?  Would 
federal prohibition of ALL inter-state commerce be constitutional, in 
your opinion?

2.  Washington's War on Nicotine-and-Other-Drug Users is not confined to 
this delimited inter-state realm, is it?  

Ray "The Constitution is _my_ Contract With America" Ubinger,
1996 Libertarian Party of North Carolina Candidate for U.S. Senate
rcu@acpub.duke.edu
"Your Life, Your Way"

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From: rcu@acpub.duke.edu (Ray Ubinger)
Subject: Re: Helms on Tobacco Czar Clinton
Date: 1996/08/29
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