With respect to the two words “general welfare,” I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators. — James Madison
It takes a while to post these. They’re things I’ve said many times over the course of my life but writing the explanations takes more than a bit of time.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
so true…
these two have cobwebs on them….got any more ?
April 30th, 2008 at 11:22 am
There are now more, eeyore.
It takes a while to post these. They’re things I’ve said many times over the course of my life but writing the explanations takes more than a bit of time.