• FreakinSteve@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    And you are telling me that an actual amendment was passed concerning a crime that nobody seems to know exists or what it is or how to define it?

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      8 months ago

      Where did I mention an amendment? The constitution gives Congress the ability to write laws. Those laws are not constitutional amendments or part of the Constitution in any way. They are part of the US criminal code. Well defined laws have been foundational to modern justice systems since at least the time of Hammurabi.

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        8 months ago

        This entire case is based around interpreting an amendment. Colorado was following Constitutional Amendment and the supreme Court said that they cannot follow a constitutional amendment because following the Constitutional amendment is illegal. This is so very uncomplicated