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Midnight Writer

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1. How does a federal judge regulate an industry that is illegal under federal law?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Oct 15, 2021, 07:50 AM

Oct 2021

Isn't that like a Federal judge telling moonshiners how to run their business?

It seems like if the Federal government outlaws this business, then it doesn't have jurisdiction to regulate it.

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