[Tau Food]

For that matter, the founders also couldn't see that far regarding some of the laws they wrote, and we are still suffering today from the lack of clarity some of them put into the various articles/amendments of the US Constitution. ("Natural Born Citizen", for example.)

Have you ever considered the possibility that draftsmen often intentionally use vague language in order to delegate more power to future decision makers? Do you find that notion disturbing?

[DiogenesLamp]

Have you ever considered the possibility that draftsmen often intentionally use vague language in order to delegate more power to future decision makers?

I think the Drafters of the 14th amendment were very much interested in expanding their own power during this era, (have you read that thing? Compare it to any other amendment, it's a mess. ) but I very much doubt the founders were attempting anything like this when they wrote the Constitution.

Do you find that notion disturbing?

Very much so because it represents an attempt to subvert power through deception, and not an honest and forthright agreement between honest people. You are against slavery, right? I would think slavery imposed by deception is just as objectionable as slavery imposed by force.

[DiogenesLamp]

And by the way, I just found this quote. I thought it was pertinent to both Lincoln and what we have been discussing regarding our currency.

“I would to God that one of the most atrocious of each state was hanged in gibits upon a gallows 5 times as high as the one prepared by Haman. No punishment, in my opinion, is too great
for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin!”
(George Washington on those who would depreciate the currency.)