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Originally Posted by TaePo
I believe the feds have some laws that they use regarding interstate commerce as a reason / excuse to interfere in certain matters. Nutter's law has actually affected sales inside of Philadelphia. So citizens are unable to conduct lawful activities and business.
IANAL so not sure how it could all play out. But it could be another serious problem to add IMHO.
If it applies, then it would be similar to the government getting Al Capone for tax evasion since they were unable to pin actual crimes on him.
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No offense to you TaePo, I'm sure you mean the best; but be careful what you ask for! Trying to use this liberal spin on the constitution to meet your goals would only lend credence in their,[big government democrats], eyes for further encroachment into the jurisdiction of the state, and further limit the sovereignty of Pennsylvania. Any temporal benefit we would get from locking up or fining these crooks would be overshadowed by the federal government poking it's nose where it doesn't belong. Since Philadelphia has a very liberal constituency, even if Nutter, et al. were locked up, a new set of rubber brains would in all likelyhood take their place. Moreover, once power has been granted, it is not easily if ever relinquished. Just look at
Wickard vs Filburn(1942) to see what kind of bullcrap this line of thinking brings.