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The doctrine of "implied powers", which was understood at the time the Constitution was debated and eventually ratified, means that the national government's powers are NOT, as Madison assured readers in Federalist 45, “few and defined”. Rather, they are incomprehensibly vast. As Brutus wondered in Antifederalist 32, “how is it possible to understand the extent of that power which can pass all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying it into executions? It is truly incomprehensible. A case cannot be conceived of, which is not included in this power.” By 1791, the question of implied powers was already...

In a stunning holiday interview with G-SPAN, President b. Hussein dejectedly told Americans: "We are out of socialists." G-SPAN host Steve Scully broke from a meager Washington press corps (only 4 reporters showed up, what with all media but Fox News and the Government-Satellite Public Affairs Network having gone out of business) with less than probing questions for the tired president. SCULLY: You know the state of affairs: the automakers have stopped production in the U.S., all banking concerns have moved to Ireland to take advantage of the lack of corporate tax there, the Depression is going into its third...

Lawrence A. Uzzell is an independent researcher and former staff member of the U.S. Depart¬ment of Education and the U.S. House and Senate committees on education. This arti¬cle is drawn from a longer study published in the Cato Institute Policy Analysis series. In domestic policy, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education act is the Bush administration's top claim to visionary leadership—its equivalent of the Iraqi war in foreign policy. The administration has used the taxpayers' own money to try to convince them that NCLB has been an unqualified success, draping the Department of Education's headquarters building in Washington in...

NC protesters say human service needs can't be ignoredBy GARY D. ROBERTSON : Associated Press Writer May 29, 2002 : 1:52 am ET RALEIGH, N.C. -- Donna Dudley of Williamston says she can't afford to pay health care for her 16-year-old son with asthma. Dudley and others speaking at a rally urging lawmakers to avoid deep cuts to social programs in next year's budget said the state can't afford to ignore the needs of working people during this fiscally challenging time. "I'm fed up. I can't take no more," Dudley said at Tuesday's march and rally attended by 300 people...