"azotic" wrote in message
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The Obama administration is raising the stakes in a fight over states'
rights and firearm ownership by arguing that new pro-gun laws in Montana
and Tennessee are invalid.


http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07...y5176453.shtml


Best Regards
Tom.

This is the Tenth Amendment raising its head again, over a new issue. Last
time it was over marijuana, in the Rodriguez case. The Justice Dept.
probably is driving the government's position, which will be, as it almost
always is, to uphold the law as it stands.

It's hard to imagine that those state laws will succeed in a Supreme Court
case, because the Rodriguez case was decided 8:1, just four years ago. There
would be a big heap of precedent to overcome.

--
Ed Huntress