On 12-20-97, JUSTIN BAUSTERT declared to ROBERT PLETT:
JB> JB> Does the 10th Amendment not reserve powers not given to the federal
JB> JB> government to the states?
JB> RP> Interesting you should forget "the people" in that, and the 9th
JB> RP> Amendment as well.
JB>Sorry, Bob, I didn't have it in front of me..
Neither did I, but the omission was glaring nonetheless.
Our Founding Fathers distrusted ALL government, not just federal ones.
It was that distrust and their love of God and individual liberty that
was at the root of this nation's founding, and understanding that is
fundamental to properly understanding the Constitution they created.
Folks in this forum for the most part believe in and adhere to those
same principles, which means we think first of the guarantees the
Constitution gives to the People, and the fact that it was intended to
*restrict* government rather than empower it and its officials.
Bob     /\-/\   - proud Ilk   homebody@galstar.com
C.A.T. ( o o ) Chapter Ilks
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 * SLMR 2.1a * Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - Paul
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