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Yeah, the GOP is all about states' rights in overturning RvW.
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Originally posted by Not Me
And does that in any way prove that the interstate commerce clause has not been used to uphold civil rights laws?
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You initially suggested that the 14th Amendment does not empower Congress to pass civil rights laws, and I am telling you that not only is that wrong, the legislative power provided in Section 5 is in significant respects more robust than Congress's other powers. I mention this because the fact the 14th Amendment in this way permits evasion of the "case or controversy" requirement in Article III is a curiosity of passing relevance to what we were talking about. I would not be surprised that courts have also ruled that Congress can pass such laws pursuant to the Commerce Clause, but I also don't know why it would matter.
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