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To: Lane3 who wrote (85446)	11/10/2004 6:56:46 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793828

I'm not suggesting "inventing things. IMO the decisions you support are clearly "inventing things." But there is some general language in there, like the tenth amendment, and some long-standing general understanding of what that refers to. The 10th amendment would seem to imply that the states have the right to outlaw certain things that you wouldn't want them to outlaw. Its further from a "right of privacy" than the 4th. t's clear that the framers intended that the federal government be kept off the backs of the people. I don't have any problem finding the right to be left alone in there The "right to be left alone" is so vague that its almost meaningless as constitutional law. Does it mean the IRS can't tax us, or that we can't be required to buy car insurance? It could be extended to cover almost anything; which means that if it really is considered a constitutional right, then the courts (esp. the Supreme Court) are basically in charge with no limitation, even in principle, except perhaps that they can't directly impose a obvious violation of the rights explicitly granted in the constitution. Tim