Senator John McCain of Arizona, one of six Republicans who opposed the measure, described the amendment regulating marriage -- normally a state function -- as "antithetical in every way to the core philosophy of Republicans" because it interfered with states rights.
The venue provision of Article III (regulating the location of the trial) is distinct from the Vicinage Clause of the Sixth Amendment (regulating the geography from which the jury pool is selected).
So, in a roundabout way, the states claimed that federal law preempted Colorado's 2012 constitutional amendment regulating marijuana use and commercialization -- thus frustrating the federal government's efforts to fight drug trafficking and related crimes elsewhere.
There is simply no language in the First Amendment that regulates the right to free speech... and yet we still regulate speech despite the unassailable strength of the the First Amendment constitutional language.
The amendment also regulates the size of kennels, so that the animals have room to stretch.
As far as regulatory environment, he refers to the recently passed Durbin Amendment, which regulates fees that card issuers and payment card networks may charge for debit card transactions and limits certain restrictions that payment card networks may impose on merchants.
The Sixth Amendment also regulates the availability and use of cause and peremptory challenges.
More recently, consider the fight over the 2010 Durbin Interchange Amendment that regulates debit card swipe fees paid by merchants.
Ms. Brinkmann said that given the states' authority under the 21st Amendment to regulate alcohol, the issue was more complex constitutionally than tobacco-related regulation.
