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Interestingly, a Massachusetts law prohibiting trade with Burma
was declared unconstitutional (states can't make foreign policy) this week.


At 07:14 AM 6/23/99 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
>This segue's into some interesting wording in the Constitution....
>   
>   Section 10. No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or
>   confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit
>   bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in
>   payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or
>   law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of
>   nobility.