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NEOPHYTE: I agree boss. Gay people should have the right to marry. But it will never pass.
OLD HAND: Haven't you seen this?
NEOPHYTE: Yeah, that's the constitution. We sometimes use it to argue in favor of vulgarity. Oh, and I remember those poor devils having to cite the 5th amendment in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee. It's not much use after that.
OLD HAND: On the contrary. You should take another look at the tenth amendment.
NEOPHYTE: Hummm "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
OLD HAND: What do you think?
NEOPHYTE: So much for Roe v. Wade, The Department of Education, Commerce, Labor, Transportation etc. etc. Why didn't we see this before?
OLD HAND: We won't actually use this for anything else. Once we win the matter at hand, we'll put the book right back on the shelf.
NEOPHYTE: Can you do that?
OLD HAND: It works every time.
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