Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!ralf From: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: MAIL ORDER IN IL is DEAD. Message-ID: <5900@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 18 Aug 89 04:34:36 GMT References: <2495@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <9056@cbnews.ATT.COM> <8181@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 19 In article <8181@spool.cs.wisc.edu> schaut@madnix.UUCP writes: }Also, how does the interstate commerce clause of the US Constitution }pertain to the issue? Is taxation a form of regulation? It may not be regulation, but in my opinion it sure is a form of import duty. As such, it would fall under Article I, Section 10: "No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the Treasury of the United States; all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress." -- {backbone}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf ARPA: RALF@CS.CMU.EDU FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/46 BITnet: RALF%CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA AT&Tnet: (412)268-3053 (school) FAX: ask DISCLAIMER? | "Let me write down the natural numbers and then stop." What's that?| -- Alan Demers (in Upson's Familiar Quotations)