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SFGbob
SFGbob Member Posts: 33,183
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Clause to force a Jewish landlord in a state to rent his mother-in-law unit to a Muslim tenet why can't they use it to force a state to open for business? Which action has a greater impact on interstate commerce?
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,081 Founders Club
    We should have had that discussion a month ago

    The commerce clause has been the backbone of a lot of federal power as has the purse.

    What if Trump and Congress withhold stimulus money from states that don't open?

    Constitutional crises? World War Three?

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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,103
    RaceBannon said:

    We should have had that discussion a month ago

    The commerce clause has been the backbone of a lot of federal power as has the purse.

    What if Trump and Congress withhold stimulus money from states that don't open?

    Constitutional crises? World War Three?

    Much joy.

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  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,616 Standard Supporter
    6 phu*cking Wuhan flu cases in Clatsop County - Astoria, Seaside. Think they could open for residential construction? Nope. Science.
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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,792 Swaye's Wigwam
    WestlinnDuck said:

    6 phu*cking Wuhan flu cases in Clatsop County - Astoria, Seaside. Think they could open for residential construction? Nope. Science.

    just due north in Pacific Co - One case and the person is not in Pacific Co, they caught the Vid and are being treated in some other state.

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