Constitution: Article VI vs. Amendment X

[BurtWorm]

Article VI

All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.



Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.



I'm sure the loons in the new state's right movement are well versed in Article VI. It would be so much more convenient for their paranoia if it weren't there in the original, unamended portion of the Constitution. But there it is: the Constitution and the laws of the United States, except those not delegated to the US nor prohibited to the states, are the "supreme law of the land."

Good luck, you dumb shits, trying to pass your local gas off as having eminent domain over the federal ones and with a straight face claim you're strict constitutionalists. Stupid fuckers.

[safeinOhio]

1. Then there is this

Article 1 - The Legislative Branch
Section 8 - Powers of Congress


The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;