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When I first read the Constitution of the United States at the age of 12, one thing I found confusing is that there is NOT anything in it that gives states (or cities) any power. I was deeply ignorant ...
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It wouldn't matter if there was such a provision
@ohwilleke has comprehensively analysed how and why sovereignty in a federation like the United States or Australia is rooted in the states rather than ...
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State Authority Is Not Devolved From Federal Authority In The U.S.
if so what within the constitution has officially devolved this power
as unfortunately not yet has any prosecutor or judge replied ...
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