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To: Solon who wrote (48946)	6/18/2006 1:25:14 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. Pardon me for butting in. The operative words are "No STATE." States can't do those things. Those powers are reserved for the FEDERAL gov't.

To: Solon who wrote (48946)	6/18/2006 5:24:22 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Any statements of Tom Jefferson that are not part of the Constitution or were not passed by a legislative body are NOT law. Period. Statements that STATES are prohibited from actions DO NOT limit the federal gov't. For example, states are prohibited from conducting diplomacy (although the cities of San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Berkeley often forget that). That power belongs solely to the federal government. I think you'd better quit while you're behind.

To: Solon who wrote (48946)	6/21/2006 11:09:14 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

es. Article one, Section 10 of the Constitution of the United Staes of America. "No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. So the states can't make anything else but gold or silver a tender in payment of debts, but the federal government can and has.