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this "constitutionally mandated division of authority was adopted by the Namers to ensure protection of our fundamen I rties." Id at 552, quoting Gregory' Ashcroft, 501 U.S. 452, 458 (1991). The majority concluded that the statute before the Court "upsets the federal balance to adegree that renders