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To: Huck

When the federal government itself becomes the SOLE judge of the limits of it’s power there are no longer any limits!

If the limits are ever to be restored we the people are going to have to restore them!


10 posted on 05/27/2010 8:43:55 AM PDT by Bigun ("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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To: Bigun
When the federal government itself becomes the SOLE judge of the limits of it’s power there are no longer any limits!

True. It's an inherent flaw in the system---unless you're a Hamiltonian. And let's not get into another Article 3 dustup. We've done enough of that.

If the limits are ever to be restored we the people are going to have to restore them!

Impossible. "Restoring the limits" is like a baseball team that's losing 9-0 advocating "restoring the score" to its original limits. The system was set up and operated. 200 years of accrued power and precedent will not be undone without revolution or collapse. And when/if that happens, it would be extreme folly to keep the same bad system that got us here in the first place.

11 posted on 05/27/2010 8:48:17 AM PDT by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the majority? A: They're complaining about the fillibuster.)
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