One of the best statements of how the Framers saw the role of the federal government is found in Federalist Paper 45, written by James Madison, who is known as the "Father of the Constitution:”
"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce. ... The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people."
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That's a great quote which is precisely codified in the 10th Amendment. If actually followed it would greatly limit the size and scope of the Federal Government. Here's another by James Madison, who is considered to be the wordsmith of the Constitution, which also would probably eliminate many laws as well as proposed ones:
ReplyDelete"Congress can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their
friends, as well as on the great mass of the society."
-- James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 57.
Just imagine, government officials and agents being forced to obey the same laws as the rest of us. --Ron W
Just imagine, government officials and agents being forced to obey the same laws as the rest of us
DeleteImagine, yes. :(
It would certainly end most all Federal gun laws which are only for citizen disarmament. --Ron W
ReplyDelete"Any government which fears arms in the hands of its people should also fear the rope."
--Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest
Thanks and the way it should be.
DeleteIf we were a real Republic, the ballot would look like this:
ReplyDeleteIf we were free, there would be an option on every ballot for, “none of the above,” and if “none of the above” won the election, the office and its corresponding bureaucracy would be dismantled and tossed into the dustbin of history, along with the corresponding tax burden that was collected to support it.
Instead, you get choice A, or choice B — and from my experience over the past 50 years, I would say there is not a dime’s worth of difference between either of the choices.
Taxes always go up and our Freedoms always suffer.
Reminds me of elections in Communist Vietnam. You have to be a commie to run and they announce their 95% participation in part as they contact every family to vote and tell them they can vote for all their extended family! :)
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