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Re: 10th Amendment debate
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It was states that declared their independence in 1776.
It was states that created and ratified the Articles of Confederation in 1781.
It was states that seceded from the Articles of Confederation 1787.
It was states that created and ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1787.
It was states that independently seceded in 1861.
It was states that created and ratified the Confederate Constitution in 1861.
It is the states that elect a new president every four years.

All of these actions were performed by the people of states, in convention, not by any federal government. The power to create and change the tools of which we are governed are in the hands of a FREE people.

David

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