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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 5114618" data-attributes="member: 63706">No, Jacobson only affirmed that states have police power (power to make their own laws). The states still can't pass laws that violate the constitutional rights (state or federal) of its citizens. This was clarified by the 14th amendment. Forcing people to accept medical treatment violates the 4th amendment. Any and all gun control laws violate the 2nd amendment.Our government is of the people, by the people, and for the people. It only operates on the power delegated to it by the people. If there is something you and I don't have the power to do, the government also can't have that power. Congress also can't delegate power it doesn't have. Not even doctors can force treatment on their patients, how can Congress have that power?</blockquote>