[tahiti]

"The "general welfare" clause, the "necessary and proper clause", and the "interstate commerce" clause have all been abused beyond all comprehension."

This statement is true.

The reason why this statement is true is because everyone assumes that the "commerce clause," for example, gives the federal Congress to set a minimum wage, for example

But the powers of Congress still cannot violate the Bill of Rights.

The minimum wage law is unconstitutional because it violates Amendment V: "nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."

Let's hold the Congress critters to the covenants of the Bill of Rights.

[contemplator]

"The minimum wage law is unconstitutional because it violates Amendment V: "nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation." "

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I haven't really given a lot of thought to this issue, so don't react too harshly. It seems to me that a minimum wage law wouldn't violate Amendment V so much as it would define what 'just compensation' means at a given point in time.