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To: alloysteel
Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian candidate, loops around in some universe of his own, in favor of disengaging the Federal government from all but its stated powers as enumerated in the Constitution, and pretty much permitting everything else that is not prohibited.

Yeah, he's really nutty for advocating the principles established by the Founders of this country, isn't he?

Flitter off, comrade...

168 posted on 07/20/2004 10:26:00 AM PDT by The Green Goblin
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To: The Green Goblin

It is one thing to be in favor of limiting government to no more than what is a strict interpretation of what is in the Constitution, and another thing entirely to get this admittedly skimpy framework to cover every situation that arises between human beings in daily commerce. Supposedly, that is what the judiciary is charged with doing, to determine the specific application from the general overview.

Well, we all know how well that works. Look at all the new "rights" that have been discerned in the Constitution in only the past fifty years (from the Warren Court forward). New freedoms have been found, and old prohibitions have been demolished. All based on some vague language, that relates to daily life only because some pencil-necked geek on a university campus somwhere thought it may reflect on some isolated clan somewhere in Appalachia. And he wanted to be sure he got his daily fix of marijuana.


170 posted on 07/20/2004 12:05:19 PM PDT by alloysteel
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