[Mind-numbed Robot]

There is plenty of authority. By design, the Constitution was intended to create a Federal Gov't. General Welfare covers a lot of territory.

Are you willfully ignorant of the words in the Constitution, accidentally ignorant, or spreading falsehoods? By design the Constitution was intended to create a very limited government with very limited and enumerated powers. The General Welfare clause is limited to the enumerated powers in Article 8, I think. The Interstate Commerce clause is another area the liberals try to stretch to expand the powers of the government under the Constitution.

That is why we must have originalist judges on the Supreme Court. By the way, Walter Williams covered this very question yesterday on the Rush Limbaugh Show.

[Indy Pendance]

"Walter Williams covered this very question yesterday on the Rush Limbaugh Show."

Dang, I missed it, he's good.

[RightWhale]

There was a call for constructionist judges right here on FR while Pres Bush was making his recent selection. The term constructionist was used during the original constitutional debates and it was taken as a negative by those who opposed Federalism, especially as the USSC was seen as with unlimited, supreme power, with no authority over them to reverse decisions.

[B4Ranch]

"The Interstate Commerce clause is another area the liberals try to stretch to expand the powers of the government under the Constitution."

The aggravating part is the conservatives don't put up much resistance.