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To: Neocon who wrote (51918)8/18/1999 12:00:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
The word "devolve" is one sticking point. "To pass on to another; said of rights, duties, authority, etc."

The Constitution is a compact between the several states. At the time of adoption, the states had many of the qualities of sovereign nations, and might have become sovereign nations but for the Constitution. It's much like both a treaty and a contract. I would say the federal government isn't a party to the contract, it's a creature of the contract, and has no power other than that which was delegated to it by the contract, just as a corporation is created by Articles of Incorporation.

If I take your car, and then give it back, am I devolving the authority to drive the car to you? I think not.

Acts of the federal government in violation of the Constitution are ultra vires, and illegitimate. There can be no "devolution."
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