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To: Wayners who wrote (467366)	9/30/2003 8:54:24 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The civil war decided we were one nation - not just a collection of individual states. The power to regulate interstate commerce and foreign commerce through the commerce clause is certainly extensive enough to cover all of the other departments you mentioned.

To: Wayners who wrote (467366)	9/30/2003 12:25:16 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Interesting view. The Constitution is meant as a framework, and not a blueprint. The fact that it doesn't call for any of these departments does not mean that it outlaws them, obviously. The Founding Fathers were smart enough to know that they could never do that. The world, and the US, was obviously quite different back then. As we've grown into the world's only superpower, our governmental needs have grown. Too much? Possibly. However, it doesn't seem to be getting smaller under any party's leadership.