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To: tacticalogic
It may not enumerate any powers, but the preamble states the explicit purpose of the entire document. It's like a company's mission statement.

Explain to me how something that is in opposition to that very mission or purpose explicitly outlined in the preamble could be considered anything but, "unconstitutional."

14 posted on 01/23/2012 4:28:24 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Can you explain to me how you find penumbras and emanations from the Preamble, applied to a textual interpretation of the 14th Amendment, and come up with a result you call "originalist".

You can just as easily justify every federal welfare program arguing that you're taking care of the Founder's posterity.

I don't disagree with what you're trying to do, but I don't think you're considering the unintended consequences of the means you're wanting to employ.

15 posted on 01/23/2012 4:53:32 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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