Repeal the 17th. Now.
Posted on 02/24/2009 4:55:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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The Ninth Amendment worried some of the founders greatly. They feared that, by listing rights not to be infringed by the government, rights that were not listed might be subject to government interference because such interference was not specifically prohibited. The Ninth Amendment was written in an attempt to preclude such abuse.
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Crazy talk. Just like that weird-fangled 10th whatzit and 2nd whatzit.
The Commerce Clause is absolute!
Today.
We'll see about tomorrow.
I’ve posted this before, but the following is from the grievences from the Declaration of Indepence. In another 2 years I figure we’ll have 80% of them back on the table.
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance...”
>I’ve posted this before, but the following is from the grievances from the Declaration of Independence.
>In another 2 years I figure we’ll have 80% of them back on the table.
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>“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance...”
...I thought we were close to having 80% of them already...
Totally, utterly a fraudulent power.
The Constitution specifically says that no state may tax the exports of another state.
Do you smoke? Guess what... your state ignores this provision.
The Constitution means whatever the hell they feel it means at whatever time to serve their purpose, they have basically decided to ignore it.
It is my firm belief that a repeal of the 17th amendment would go a long way to restoring a lot of problems.
Because then you would have state governments getting into knockdown dragout fights in the senate and reversing/preventing a lot of crap going on.
Nam Vet
“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.”
I plan to post one amendment a week (although I forgot for a few weeks after posting the 10th), and may count down from 10 to 1, and then start going up from 11, or may just pick ‘em as it suits me. :’)
and how about repealing the 16th while we are at it
Sounds like a plan.
While we are correcting mistakes, get rid of the 19th and 26th.
We would have avoided three disasters: Carter, Clinton and 0bama without them.
Heck, the 17th never passed in the first place. Who cares? Nobody alive will suspend the fraud anyway.
That one never passed either.
Oh, I forgot, the SC did mutter something like the following re: the 16th...”the fraud associated with the ratification of the 16th amendment is not something we can decide here, it is a political question”.....how is that for consummating a fraud?
The explanation for failure to pass the 17th: Madison put a little tidbit in the Constitution that said “no state, without it’s consent can be deprived of sufferage in the Senate without it’s consent” This put the 17th in the unanimous catagory for passage. Several states voted against the 17th and were then deprived of their sufferage without their consent. The Republic then was lost to the mob and the States were excluded.
You messed up the typing but you get the meaning.
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