[P_A_I]

" --- Johnson defines "to prohibit" as "1. To forbid; to interdict by authority. . . . 2. To debar; to hinder."

Forbidding, interdicting, and hindering are not the same thing as regulating, or "making regular," or adjusting by rule or method. It does not tell you how to do something, but instead tells you that you may not do it at all. -- "

How many times must all levels of our governments be told that they do not have the power to prohibit?

[agitator]

All forms of activity that require a license are prohibited. A license is defined as permission to do something which would otherwise be illegal. So driving is prohibited.

[inquest]

For another perspective on the word, we have this excerpt from a 1785 letter from James Madison to James Monroe:

Much indeed is it to be wished, as I conceive, that no regulations of trade, that is to say, no restriction or imposts whatever, were necessary. A perfect freedom is the System which would be my choice. But before such a system will be eligible perhaps for the U. S. they must be out of debt; before it will be attainable, all other nations must concur in it.

[tahiti]

Randy Barnett is my hero.

I assume you have read his book "Restoring the Lost Constitution, A Presumption of Liberty."

I have three times.

What is amazing to me is some many "Freepers" when confronted with Prof. Barnett's "presumption of liberty," recoil in fear of liberty.

The most famous person of all who recoils in such fear is Rush Limbaugh.

[P_A_I]

8 replies vs 155 views...

The magical 20 to 1 ratio is rapidly being approached. Apparently, the concept of prohibition as a social disease is not a big hit with those who exhibit its symptoms.

[robertpaulsen]

So Congress doesn't have the power to prohibit commerce with foreign nations?

[robertpaulsen]

"The power to regulate does not generally include the power to prohibit."

Weasel words.

[bvw]

Hooray for Randy Barnett! Gold veins in old mines re-tapped!

[freepatriot32]

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[Bernard]

Article I, Section 8, which gives Congress the power "to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces

So, to a strict Constitutionalist, who believes that the government only has powers specifically granted in the Constitution, it is not constitutional to have an air force?

[tpaine]

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