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The latest skirmish in the States vs Big Tobacco wars involves a lawsuit claiming that the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement, signed by 46 states, violates the US Constitution. 
 
Filed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute on behalf of a smoker and various interests of retail tobacco, the suit alleges that the fact that states agree on something violates the "Compact Clause", Article 1. 
 
A judge has been asked to dismiss the suit on the grounds of mischaracterization of the relevant clause.

Tobacco settlement violates Constitution, federal suit claims

West Virginia Record - 6/20/2006 9:33 AM

SHREVEPORT, La. - When attorney generals of 46 states signed a settlement of claims against tobacco companies they violated a section of the U. S. Constitution forbidding compacts between states, according to a lawsuit in federal court in Shreveport.
 
The first article of the Constitution provides that, "No state shall, without the consent of Congress,…enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State…
 
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Comment On: Tobacco Settlement a Violation of the Constitution?
Posted by Stanly on 9/1/2006 | Filed Under: Cigarettes & Tobacco / Smoking

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