NS & MH
Georgia clearly has the right to enact legislation that regulates and/or restricts the transportation of goods across state lines under the 10th amendment of the United States Constitution. The 10th amendment states “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively”. Therefore the federal government under the 10th amendment cannot bar the state of Georgia form regulating and/or restricting the transportation of goods across state lines. It would be constitutional for the State of Georgia to either permit The Alabama Cigarette Movers to transport their tobacco across the state lines or restrict such activity. The Tenth Amendment clearly states that this power belongs to Georgia and not to the federal government as it is neither delegated to the U.S. government nor prohibited to the states by the U.S. constitution.
The state of Georgia has every right to stop this tobacco company from selling there product with out the influence of the federal government. This is an out rage and under the 10 amendment stating “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.” This particular issue needs to be handled by the state because It hasn’t or isn’t being handled with in the federal government.
