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Old 09-10-2008, 03:36 PM   #81
Radar
Constitutional Scholar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Ocala, FL
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I don't "interpret" the Constitution. It doesn't require interpretation. But I agree with you that the Constitution can be amended. It may not be amended, however, to grant any powers to the federal government that we, as individuals, don't have as a right without government.

The legitimate powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed. This means that government may only have the powers that we grant to it, AND which we have in the first place to grant to government. Government may not have any powers above the rights of a single person.

I don't have the right to take money from your wallet by force, to spend it to educate my kids, or to feed hungry people, or to provide healthcare, etc. therefore I can't grant this power to government. Nor can a million of me, or a billion of me.
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