To: Neocon who wrote (51820 ) 8/17/1999 11:46:00 AM From: Ilaine Read Replies (1) | Respond to
At the time the Constitution was adopted, there were debatable issues as to whether the states had the right to, say, coin money, issue notes, impose tariffs on interstate commerce, and such. These were resolved when the Constition was adopted. There was never any question in anyone's mind that the federal government would some day arrogate to itself the right to regulate such issues as education, health, safety and welfare. I suggest to you that these are the burning issues of the day. No one today believes that states can coin money or regulate interstate commerce. Since FDR, and since Johnson, and since the Warren Court, in other words, only in the 20th century, has the federal government taken upon itself the powers which were always considered to be state powers only.
