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By: Rob Natelson gives a lesson on the General Welfare Clause – Tenth Amendment Center Blog

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:18:28 +0000

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Tenther Radio Episode 11: Rob Natelson – TRX: Tenther Radio — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:46:47 +0000

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By: MSV

MSV — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:15:31 +0000

Thanks for the good information. I couldn’t agree more!

By: Rob Natelson: A Lesson on the General Welfare Clause | Tenth Amendment Center

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:16:10 +0000

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By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:23:46 +0000

Michael, the link you posted doesn't work but if you have another source I'd love to check it out. Also, not to be technical but when I was referring to the necessary and proper clause I made no reference to the founders' intent… I was simply stating what it has grown to become (due to Congressional manipulation or otherwise). Besides, so much of what the founders intended for our nation has changed. The US wasn't intended to be a direct democracy but that is what we have become (unfortunately). anyway, I'd still like to learn more about other interpretations of the elastic clause if you have other links. Thanks!

By: MichaelBoldin

MichaelBoldin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:14:34 +0000

That's a major mis-representation of the necessary and proper clause. But, it's a common thing to hear from people....especially when government controls our education system. If you're interested in the founders version of the necessary and proper clause - and not the politicians and their friends in black robes, check out the following post: http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/09/misu...

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:49:54 +0000

Has no one ever heard of the Elastic Clause? It's a subtle part of Article One of the Constitution that allows Congress to make any law deemed "necessary and proper" and has shown to trump the 9th and 10th amendments for the most part. So you may not like it, but this part of the Constitution probably does make these laws Constitutional.

By: Bryce Shonka

Bryce Shonka — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:29:25 +0000

Well put, B.

By: B. Johnson

B. Johnson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:19:56 +0000

As a side note to concern about the constitutionality of campaign finance laws, please consider the following. While I agree that federal campaign finance laws are unconstitutional, the problem is this. The reason that this issue is a major concern for many people, including state sovereignty-ignorant state and federal lawmakers, is that they don’t understand that the states have more constitutional authority to serve the people than the Oval Office and Congress.

The bottom line is that the voters must wise up to the corrupt federal government’s ongoing usurping of state powers and destroy the phony powers now associated with all three branches of the federal government.

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:29:18 +0000

McCain/Feingold is a great example of how establishment politicians on both sides of the aisle work quite hard to ensure that your liberty is restricted.