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Re: Are supermajority votes in the Senate to pass all major legislation a good thing? - Pops - 11-09-2009
SDGuy wrote:
And to that, you should read:
Re: Are supermajority votes in the Senate to pass all major legislation a good thing? - RgrF - 11-10-2009
Ted King wrote:
State laws govern incorporation.
State laws also govern the medicinal use of marijuana, unless the feds decide they don't. The point is only that corporations can be restrained by congressional action, they won't be but they can be.
Re: Are supermajority votes in the Senate to pass all major legislation a good thing? - Ted King - 11-10-2009
SDGuy wrote:
Well - I see that this has wandered far off-topic, from wondering whether requiring 60 votes in the Senate is a good or bad thing, to debating whether or not a corporation should have First Amendment rights...
Well, evidently nobody wanted to address the issue that I raised so I just went with what people did seem to be interested in talking about. I notice you seemed to be more interested in the fact that the thread wandered away from the original topic than you were in expressing your opinion on the original topic. :-)
Re: Are supermajority votes in the Senate to pass all major legislation a good thing? - Ted King - 11-10-2009
RgrF wrote:
[quote=Ted King]
State laws govern incorporation.
State laws also govern the medicinal use of marijuana, unless the feds decide they don't. The point is only that corporations can be restrained by congressional action, they won't be but they can be.
If the Supreme Court continues to rule that corporations have Constitutional rights then there is nothing Congress can do to restrain those rights short of passing a Constitutional amendment.