To: mrsmith; LS
Under Washington we also gave money to indian tribes. In the Madison administration we gave "foreign aid" specifically in relief of a natural disaster like this tsunami. That was for a Venzuela earthquake in 1812.
Citing instances of past practices doesn't make it more or less constitutional it only means that it has been done for a long time.
30 posted on
01/01/2005 6:08:48 AM PST by
Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58
No, it means that the very men who DRAFTED the Constitution knew what it meant better than you.
32 posted on
01/01/2005 6:17:59 AM PST by
LS
To: Graybeard58
Citing instances of past practices doesn't make it more or less constitutional it only means that it has been done for a long time. That is worth repeating.
I suspect that you may be arguing with lawyers who believe in the concept of "case law".
39 posted on
01/01/2005 6:31:58 AM PST by
NMC EXP
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