What happens if Congress passes a law making it illegal?

Post #36,084 by mmoffitt 4/21/02 9:42:51 PM Reply	What happens if Congress passes a law making it illegal? IANAL, but I'd guess that federal law trumps state law.
Post #36,087 by a6l6e6x 4/21/02 10:56:17 PM Reply	Re: What happens if Congress passes a law making it illegal? INAL, but the Constitution needs to allow that. US Constitution, Amendment X: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. Alex "Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)
Post #36,089 by JayMehaffey 4/21/02 11:15:07 PM Reply	Interstate commerce This is the catch-all that Congress uses to justify anything they want. The way this is interpreted by the courts lets Congress rule on anything that involves money that has passed over a state border at some point. Jay
Post #36,092 by ben_tilly 4/22/02 7:09:50 AM Reply	Correction This is the catch-all that Congress uses to justify anything they want. The way this is interpreted by the courts lets Congress rule on anything that involves money that has passed over a state border at some point. Change "has passed" to "might pass". Until you start viewing divorce settlements as "interstate commerce", you have no idea how broad this grant has become. All that it says is that Congress has the power To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;. Here is [link\|http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/article01/28.html\|how it is interpreted]. Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman

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