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| 1/12/2011
| Richard Winger, Editor
Posted on 01/24/2011 5:19:00 PM PST by Qbert
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To: Huck
This is not Constutitional text.
That’s true, but Article 1, Section 8 is constitutional text and it gives Congress the right to provide for the common defense and the general welfare of the American people.
Since 1908 when the first federal investigative bureau was formed which later became named the Federal Bureau of Investigation, there has been no legal challenge to the authorizing statutes for the FBI.
To: Huck
Police power? Nope. It doesnt mean that.
It doesn’t mean that... to you.
Feel free to go ahead and file suit to shut down the FBI.
To: jamese777
Thats true, but Article 1, Section 8 is constitutional text and it gives Congress the right to provide for the common defense and the general welfare of the American people. I see your point. So anything that Congress thinks helps the "general welfare" or the "common defense" is constitutional. Makes the whole idea of a "limited" government pretty laughable. But I think you are correct.
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01/25/2011 1:37:39 PM PST
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Huck
(The antifederalists were right.)
To: Huck
Article 1, Section 8 delegates to Congress the authority to:
“make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers . . .”
Congress has the explicit authority to pass laws that regulate Commerce, establish post roads, define and punish felonies committed on the high seas and offenses against the law of nations, and provide for the punishment of counterfeiting. Is it not “necessary and proper” for Congress to establish a means by which these laws can be enforced?
To: Huck
I see your point. So anything that Congress thinks helps the “general welfare” or the “common defense” is constitutional. Makes the whole idea of a “limited” government pretty laughable. But I think you are correct.
Something tells me that the overwhelming majority of Americans are in favor of retaining the FBI but oppose subsidies to sugar farmers and foreign aid.
To: jamese777
Something tells me that the overwhelming majority of Americans are in favor of retaining the FBI but oppose subsidies to sugar farmers and foreign aid. I get your point. We're mostly a republic in name only. Majority rule is the name of the game.
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01/25/2011 3:16:10 PM PST
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Huck
(The antifederalists were right.)
To: Conscience of a Conservative
That’s a different argument than the other poster. It’s possible. Question: does the FBI ONLY have authority to do those few things?
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01/25/2011 3:25:30 PM PST
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Huck
(The antifederalists were right.)
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