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To: Wayners who wrote (467663)9/30/2003 1:42:39 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
The Constitution was written prior to the industrial revolution. It was written at a time of an agricultural society. The framers could not have envisioned mass production in factories, intercontinental railroads - let alone airlines. The industrial revolution caused societal changes which necessitated a stretch of the commerce clause so that Congress could legislate.



To: Wayners who wrote (467663)9/30/2003 2:18:44 PM
From: Kevin Rose  Respond to of 769670
 
I never said that Congress has 'the power to pass all the good laws it sees fit'. It must pass them in the framework of the Constitution. What I did say is that the Constitution is a framework, and not a blueprint. A framework is something that defines and constrains; a blueprint is a detailed plan of execution. Laws that don't fit the framework are by definition unConstitutional, whether at the federal, state, or local level.


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