Posted by Socrates in "civil rights", 'hate' crimes, Socrates at 4:07 pm | Permanent Link
This matter raises several important questions, among them a constitutional one: why is this a federal police matter, i.e., what about the 10th Amendment? Doesn’t that amendment say that anything not mentioned in the constitution becomes a matter for the states or local people to settle? Are “hate crimes” or “civil rights” mentioned in the constitution? (Answer: no) [1][2]:
[1] the 10th Amendment reads: “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”
[2] the U.S. constitution: [Here]