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To: Ilaine who wrote (51715)	8/16/1999 7:15:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

You've hit upon a key problem. The power to regulate is the power to undermine the Constitution -- something our Founding Fathers didn't consider...

To: Ilaine who wrote (51715)	8/17/1999 4:15:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

We were discussing the right to secede...

To: Ilaine who wrote (51715)	8/17/1999 5:46:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I thought that I ought to say something more, but came back after the time to edit had expired. In the context of the discussion, the question was "who gets to determine the appropriate relations between the states and the federal government?", not what are the appropriate relations. I already said that I thought more power should devolve to the states in a proper federal system. If the states have no right to secede or nullify, but can only agitate in the Congress, or take up issues in the Supreme Court, then their position is of necessity in the hands of the federal government....