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by ArkyBeagle 3760 days ago
The drug schedule is an act of executive fiat. But there are various legislative supports for it. Not all law has to take root in the Constitution, it merely has to have never been challenged or, having been challenged, stood the test.

The 18th was a different sort of action. If I recall correctly, it was reasonably well known that nothing short of an Amendment would suffice. Either that or Wayne Wheeler just wanted to see if it could be done.

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The 9th and 10th amendments tell me that the courts are corrupters of the law rather than faithful judges of it.