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To: Publius

At 34, Madison lists some powers granted to the federal government by the Constitution. If you take exception to any of these powers, make a case for keeping them with the states.

34 I shall confine myself to a cursory review of the remaining powers comprehended under this third description, to wit: to regulate commerce among the several states and the Indian tribes, to coin money. . . .

To coin money..... That does seem to be a problem today, doesn’t it? That is since the Federal Government has outsourced it to the Federal Reserve. I’m not a Ron Paul guy by any means but ending the Fed does seem to bring us closer to the constitution.

As for the other powers, they all seem correct to me.


8 posted on 08/16/2010 4:57:19 PM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi
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To: MontaniSemperLiberi

Federalist #44 zeros in on money, and I’ll have an essay on the Gold Clause Cases of 1935 as part of it.


9 posted on 08/16/2010 4:59:28 PM PDT by Publius (Unless the Constitution is followed, it is simply a piece of paper.)
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