Repealing the 17th Amendment

[Luke T.]

That's a little "seperate sovereign" dodge around double jeopardy mixed in with a strong dose of commerce clause b*llsh*t.

I'll bet you had no idea that when the officers were beating up King they were affecting interstate commerce. Live and learn.

Where do you get the commerce clause reading from? I've never heard of that.

I'm not trying to be antagonistic. I've just always been curious how the feds can do what they do.

My understanding of the King case was that the feds charged the cops with violating King's civil rights.

 

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Where do you get the commerce clause reading from? I've never heard of that.

I'm not trying to be antagonistic. I've just always been curious how the feds can do what they do.

My understanding of the King case was that the feds charged the cops with violating King's civil rights.

Article I, Section 8. The Congress shall have Power ... To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes

The Court's liberal interpretation of what it means to "regulate commerce...among the several states" allows Congress to get away with a lot. In some areas the Court has still taken a stand, but in others, well, not so much.