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== Legal Objections ==

== Legal Objections ==

Some argue (usually out of self-interest) that the Constitution does not expressly permit recall elections for congressmen.  True, but the Constitution does not expressly deny the power either, and the [[Tenth Amendment]] is clear that:

1.  The [[U.S. Constitution]] does not expressly permit recall elections for congressmen.   

 

''Response'': True, but the Constitution does not expressly deny the power either, and the [[Tenth Amendment]] is clear that:

:The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.  

:The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.  

Indeed, there has never been an amendment to the Constitution that establishes a right or power by states to do something that is not prohibited by the Constitution.  Such an amendment would duplicate the Tenth Amendment, which is already fully effective.

Indeed, there has never been an amendment to the Constitution that establishes a right or power by states to do something that is not prohibited by the Constitution.  Such an amendment would duplicate the Tenth Amendment, which is already fully effective.

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