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To: David C. Burns who wrote (531)	8/22/1998 11:20:00 PM
From: Earl Risch	Respond to of 67261

It was this kind of single minded focus on a particular zealous use of parts of the Constitution that scared the bejesus out of people and resulted in the Bill of Rights as a counter. David, The Constitution enumerates the powers that the federal government has. From Libertarianism by David Boaz "The Constitution...was truly revolutionary in its establishment of a government of delegated, enumerated, and thus limited powers." "When a Bill of Rights was first proposed, many of the Framers responded that one was not needed because the enumerated powers were so limited that government would be unable to infringe on individual rights." "Eventually it was decided to add a bill of rights, in Madison's words, 'for greater caution'". Along with the 9th and 10th amendments, these documents all support each other in asserting the limitations of the powers of the federal government. My point is that what the framers of the constitution were concerned about was not overzealous use of parts of the Constitution, but rather ignoring of the limiting nature of the Constitution, (Exactly what our big government has been doing for at least the last 60 years). IMO the Bill of Rights was in no way added to counter the Constitution, but to make sure that people understood the limiting nature of this document. Regards, ER PS What part(s) of the Constitution would scare the bejesus out of anyone?