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Re:3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits by tathougies on Thursday March 26, 2020 @10:40AM (#22693980)
No. The authority was never given to the federal government. Key difference. The federal government cannot grant that which it does not have
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Re:3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 26, 2020 @11:17AM (#22694356)
We're saying the same thing. No need to be pedantic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States%27_rights

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Re:3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits by tathougies on Thursday March 26, 2020 @12:29PM (#22695253)
No, it's different. Delegated to the states implies that someone else had the power and gave it to the states. That is not true. The states always had the power, and have had it since they formed, and it was not removed upon admission to the United States.

It's like saying France was delegated the power to enforce a national quarantine. That is simply not the case.

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Re:3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits by verify_sirrah on Thursday March 26, 2020 @11:55AM (#22694834)
No, you are getting it backwards. The states predated the general government. The states delegated powers to the general government.
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