This morning I woke up and while sipping my first cup of coffee I picked up a little brochure I inherited from my citizenship test called “The Constitution of the United States”.  I gave and oath to protect it, live by it and defend it against any enemies, foreign or local.  And I intend to do so, mainly because I’m a big fan.

In this spirit I was looking for the part that assured the sovereignty of the states. This was because the other day my friend and I were discussing the situation with medical use of cannabis in the state of California. While the state has lawfully passed the law allowing it, the federal government still prohibits it and invades the state whenever deemed needed, raids and arrests those associated with it. 


This was, I said, a violation of the US constitution. My friend wasn’t so sure.
So this morning this was my first point of interest while flipping through pages of the US Constitution. It didn’t take me long to find it. The 10th Amendment ratified December 15, 1791 states:

“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.”

You don’t need to be a Supreme Court Judge to understand what this means. Let us ask simple questions:

 
1)      Was the use of cannabis (the herb) prohibited by the US Constitution?
 

Answer: No (if you find it in it, please let me know which section and article number)

   2) Was the use of cannabis (the herb) allowed by the US Constitution?

Answer: No (if you find it in it, please let me know which section and article number)


Conclusion: Therefore, it is left up the State or even the people to decide what the use should be. In California the people passed Proposition 215 in 1996.
 

So when Supreme Court upholds the right of federal agents to go after California residents it is a clear violation of US Constitution, Amendment 10th. I still don’t understand what is there to argue about? 

My second point of interest in the US Constitution this morning was Amendment 16th.  This Amendment ratified back in 1913 allowing Congress broad and unlimited power to collect income taxes is a direct violation of Constitutional text Article I, section 9, particularly this part:

“No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.” 

In the Amendment 16th, the text just undoes this part:
 
“The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.” 
 
My question is: How is possible? How could anyone in their right mind not see that the Constitution says one thing and the Amendment says something complete opposite? This is another violation of US Constitution.
 
So far I had found two this morning.
How many can you find?