Freedom and Federalism

[DC]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_rockwell/19990630_xclro_freedom_an.shtml

Interesting commentary:


<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
If we are serious about restoring something like the
original Constitution, the whole D.C. pea patch has to
be ripped up and plowed under. Even the centralizing
liberals on the court recognize that the federal
government is nothing like what the founding generation
imagined:

"If the framers would be surprised to see states
subjected to suit in their own courts under the
commerce power," writes Justice David Souter in his
dissent, "they would be astonished by the reach of
Congress under the Commerce Clause generally. The
proliferation of government, state and Federal, would
amaze the framers, and the administrative state with its
reams of regulations would leave them rubbing their
eyes." Indeed, imagine "the framers' surprise at, say, the
Fair Labor Standards Act, or the Federal
Communications Commission, or the Federal Reserve
Board. ..."[/quote]

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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"

 

[BigFang]

Another interesting thought...

If our current government were "across the Pond" as it was in 1776, would it be easier to get away from them again to start over?

Pray for an East Coast earthquake?

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"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2

 

[Art Eatman]

The abuse of the Commerce Clause has been commented on more than once. That's why the original "gun-free schools" law was overturned; it was supposedly based on powers granted Congress under the CC, but the Supremes held that it was not. this is one of the very rare times the Supremes have denied Congress.

A biographical of FDR and his programs and policies is located at [url="http://www.enterstageright.c..."]www.enterstageright.com/0799fdrcharity.htm It's worth a read. LBJ's Congress and later eager-beaver lawmakers have merely ("merely!") continued the practice.

Best regards, Art

[This message has been edited by Art Eatman (edited June 30, 1999).]