2008 Presidential Primaries

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The NRA has a constitutional amendment (the right to bear arms) on which to lean. While I certainly think online gambling is a right to which all American citizens over the age of 18 ought to be allowed to partake in if they so choose, there is not an amendment that SPECIFICALLY says we do. Who knows maybe the PPA can become a large lobby in the same vain as the NRA, the oil companies, health care companies, unions, etc., but there is a LONG, LONG, LONG way to go.

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While the Constitution specifically mentions not infringing on the public's right to bear arms. It also mentions the federal government not legislating anything not specifically mentioned in the articles, and the 10th amendment clearly assigns that responsibility and privilege to the individual states.

The Federal government has no more right to legislate poker as it has to legislate bearing arms.

Ok Ok Interstate Commerce. Legislating interstate commerce does not equal making particular commerce illegal though.