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bobbyw24
02-23-2011, 09:56 AM
When Carol Anne Bond learned that her best friend was pregnant, she was thrilled. Then she found out her husband was the father, and she set out for revenge.

Now the strange case of Carol Anne Bond is heading to the Supreme Court. As The Washington Post reports, it has attracted the interest of conservative and libertarian groups that see it as an important test of 10th Amendment rights.

Bond, a microbiologist by training, repeatedly tried to poison her friend Myrlinda Haynes with a toxic cocktail of rare chemicals. Haynes’ injuries were minor, and local law enforcement refused to get involved. She looked to the federal government for assistance, and Bond eventually pleaded guilty of violating the domestic enforcement statutes of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, an international treaty signed by the United States.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/23/10th-amendment-case-heads-to-supreme-court/#ixzz1EnYhQnZZ

Matt Collins
02-25-2011, 02:40 PM
Bobby, what do you think will be the outcome of this?