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“Constitutions are violated, and it would be absurd to expect the federal government to enforce the Constitution against itself. If the very federal judges the Constitution was partly intended to restrain were the ones exclusively charged with enforcing it, then "America possesses only the effigy of a Constitution." The states, the very constituents of the Union, had to do the enforcing.”

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John Taylor, born on June 20, 1960, is an accomplished musician renowned for his unique musical talent and profound understanding of music. more

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