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To: Ken H
By securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

Oh, good, you know. The contextual poverty of your constitutional quote could easily have lead me to think you believe that the power of Congress to promote the progress of science and the useful arts is unlimited (or that you intend to leave that impression with others). In fact, the power is very narrow in its enumeration and application.

Given that your advanced understanding of our Constitution has now been indisputably established, perhaps you can enlighten the whole forum as to where in The Constitution the enumerated power of the Feds to fund and regulate education can be found. The text you quote is accurate, but it entirely has to do with the right to property, and not at all to do with education.

366 posted on 04/30/2008 12:44:56 PM PDT by YHAOS
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To: YHAOS
The contextual poverty of your constitutional quote could easily have lead me to think you believe that the power of Congress to promote the progress of science and the useful arts is unlimited (or that you intend to leave that impression with others).

You asked a simple direct question, I gave a simple direct answer. Anything else you read into it came from your own imagination.

Given that your advanced understanding of our Constitution has now been indisputably established, perhaps you can enlighten the whole forum as to where in The Constitution the enumerated power of the Feds to fund and regulate education can be found.

It does not exist, IMO. James Madison flat out said the power of Congress to regulate commerce among the several States was intended as a negative and preventive provision against injustices between States, rather than a power to be used for positive purposes of the central government - source

The text you quote is accurate, but it entirely has to do with the right to property, and not at all to do with education.

I did not know that! /sarcasm

My turn - Do you think the federal war on drugs is constitutional?

368 posted on 04/30/2008 1:34:54 PM PDT by Ken H
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