General Welfare Clause
On General Welfare
In response to my recent essay, “The Tenth Amendment Prohibited the Living Constitution”, I received an e-mail which informed me that, ” theย Constitution – gives Congress the power to make all laws necessary to execute its powers, including the...How Pre-Revolution Pamphlets Help Show that a Key “Progressive” Constitutional Theory Is Wrong
Writers on the Constitution frequently overlook valuable aids to interpreting the document. Iรย previously have mentioned the example of eighteenth-century law books. Also largely neglected are the pre-Revolutionary pamphlets written by Americans defending their...
General Misunderstandings
Paul Abrams trotted out one of the favorite progressive arguments for virtually unlimited federal power in a recentย Huffington Post article. The good ole’ “general welfare” clause. Abrams brings quite an academic pedigree to the party. Yale educated,...