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From: chi@tybalt.caltech.edu (Curt Hagenlocher)
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Subject: Re: Just say "No, you're an idiot"
Summary: know your law
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Date: 15 Feb 88 21:17:36 GMT
References: <1899@optilink.UUCP> <518@ddsw1.UUCP> <382@igloo.UUCP> <187@soleil.UUCP> <1289@homxc.UUCP> <3203@cup.portal.com>
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In article <3203@cup.portal.com> TRADER@cup.portal.com writes:
>
>I urge the right-wing "Just say no" lunatic fringe to carefully read
>the US Constitution especially Article 1, Section 8 - Powers of Congress
>and show me anywhere where the government is given the authority to
>regulate private vices. This section contains provisos for regulating


As the various examples you give are all examples that take place in 
California, know that you are looking in the wrong place.  The United
States Constitution does not prohibit the State of California or the City
of Los Angeles from doing anything, unless it explicitly denies those 
powers to the states.  The place to look for laws restricting the actions
of California would, of course, be the state constitution.

Any power not explicitly given the federal government, nor explicitly
denied the states, is reserved for the states.


cit-vax!tybalt!chi                            chi@tybalt.caltech.edu   
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