Comments on: Constitution in the Balance http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/constitution-in-the-balance/ Fighting a never ending battle... Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rosemary’s Thoughts » Blog Archive » How did Denver cheat? Ask the Ref’s http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/constitution-in-the-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-19231 Rosemary’s Thoughts » Blog Archive » How did Denver cheat? Ask the Ref’s Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:56:47 +0000 http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/constitution-in-the-balance/#comment-19231 [...] Mark My Words: Brutality with a taser? Planck’s Constant: Freedom will always Offend someone. Adam’s Blog: Constitution in the Balance. Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker: Tropical Storm Ivo forms in the eastern [...] [...] Mark My Words: Brutality with a taser? Planck’s Constant: Freedom will always Offend someone. Adam’s Blog: Constitution in the Balance. Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker: Tropical Storm Ivo forms in the eastern [...]

]]> By: Rosemary's Thoughts http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/constitution-in-the-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-18724 Rosemary's Thoughts Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:40:19 +0000 http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/constitution-in-the-balance/#comment-18724 <strong>How did Denver cheat? Ask the Ref's...</strong> They put the 3 points on the scoreboard, and the game was won. It was over. People started on their way home. But wait! What is this? They’re taking the points off the board! What is happening? The Raiders have to try again. Why? What is the penalty?.... How did Denver cheat? Ask the Ref’s…

They put the 3 points on the scoreboard, and the game was won. It was over. People started on their way home. But wait! What is this? They’re taking the points off the board! What is happening? The Raiders have to try again. Why? What is the penalty?….

]]> By: Rosemary http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/constitution-in-the-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-18722 Rosemary Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:38:47 +0000 http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/constitution-in-the-balance/#comment-18722 Follow the money... Follow the money…

]]> By: Perri Nelson http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/constitution-in-the-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-18710 Perri Nelson Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:08:36 +0000 http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/constitution-in-the-balance/#comment-18710 The constitution does not allow the District of Columbia to have a representative or a senator because it is not a state. Even the amendments to the constitution that deal with the District of Columbia and court opinions do not allow the District to be treated as a state. The constitution also does not allow the federal government to establish entitlement programs. That is a matter that is left to the states. In fact the constitution explicitly tells us that the powers that are not given to the federal government nor prohibited to the states belong to the states. Unfortunately that concept has been out of favor in government circles since the early 19th century. As for Mitt Romney and Hillary-care, I'm not aware of the specific criticisms that Mr. Romney has for the plan, but the overriding one aught to be that the federal government has neither the power nor the authority to implement a national healthcare plan. The states on the other hand do, so if Mr. Romney supported such a plan in Massachusetts, then the only objection I would have to that is if the Massachusetts state constitution forbade it. The constitution does not allow the District of Columbia to have a representative or a senator because it is not a state. Even the amendments to the constitution that deal with the District of Columbia and court opinions do not allow the District to be treated as a state.

The constitution also does not allow the federal government to establish entitlement programs. That is a matter that is left to the states. In fact the constitution explicitly tells us that the powers that are not given to the federal government nor prohibited to the states belong to the states. Unfortunately that concept has been out of favor in government circles since the early 19th century.

As for Mitt Romney and Hillary-care, I’m not aware of the specific criticisms that Mr. Romney has for the plan, but the overriding one aught to be that the federal government has neither the power nor the authority to implement a national healthcare plan. The states on the other hand do, so if Mr. Romney supported such a plan in Massachusetts, then the only objection I would have to that is if the Massachusetts state constitution forbade it.

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