The Constitution needs to be read and interpreted AS WRITTEN... the language is pretty simple. Particularly the Tenth Amendment. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” See how the words flow so freely... and so easy to understand... I do believe that THIS is exactly what the founders meant when they wrote it... But it appears that the clear wording of the Founders isn’t good enough for you, for some reason. Pity. You and Ellen.
..and what is the Congress? A Representative voice of the people.. it loops right back on Article 1- All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States...
This is the school of strict construction advocated by the original enemies of the US Constitution - the Anti-Federalists.
You may declare this personal opinion as if it were a fact all the livelong day, but the fact remains that the original interpreters of the US Constitution - the authors of The Federalist - argued that the Constitution is to be interpreted by the Framers' intent and not by some reductionist scheme.
Particularly the Tenth Amendment. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
The question is, of course, which powers are not delegated to the United States? The Constitution, of course, delegates to the United States the power to make and execute all laws necessary and proper for the carrying out of its Constitutional responsibilities to provide for the common defense and promote the general welfare.
But it appears that the clear wording of the Founders isn’t good enough for you, for some reason.
Oh it's quite sufficient. It's your falsified twisting of their words I object to, and your arbitrary insistence that the Constitution be interpreted according to the standards of its opponents rather than its advocates.
Pity. You and Ellen.
Apparently you are a reductionist when it comes to behaving like an adult as well.