What is "excess" except in relation to some fixed standard, such as the Constitution?
What's the point of a discussion board like this one if you're not willing to "discuss," and instead just sit there waiting for me to divine your point through mental telepathy?
MSNBC says the 10th amendment is "a bunch of baloney"
That according to brilliant constitutional scholar MSNBC's David "biased in favor of facts" Shuster, who matter-of-factly insists the "general welfare" clause in Article 1 of the Constitution "unambiguously authorizes" social welfare spending like "social security, Medicare...
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“What is “excess” except in relation to some fixed standard, such as the Constitution?”
When the Constitution is silent on some matter, one must reason from original intent, applying the reasonable man standard.
Problem is, you reason incorrectly.