On Jan 11, 11:30 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > What Our Constitution Permitsby Walter E. Williams > Madison added, "With respect to the two words 'general welfare,' I have > always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with > them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis > of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not > contemplated by its creators."
Picking and choosing what matters and what doesn't? Following that logic, we must also take all the other words connected with the first paragraph in the same way, unless noted elsewhere. Order, Union, Justice, Tranquility, defense (written with no capitalization), Welfare, Blessings, Liberty, Posterity. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
