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Quote by: Morality Games  Well, at least my ethical attitude doesn't smack of the Nazi mentality. |
Well, actually it does. You want government to control people's lives from cradle to grave with your socialist (the Nazi party was a socialist party) policies.
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It seems to me you ignore the existence of the elastic among other clauses, all of which were intended to confer a certain degree of flexibility on the powers of the federal government when it comes to the parameters of the Constitution, for the necessity of dealing with the obstacles produced by the passage of time and the changing circumstances of the world.
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Another damned idiot that doesn't know how to read!!!!! THERE IS NO ELASTIC CLAUSE! Read the words:
"To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper
for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and
all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof." The "foregoing powers" refers to everything up to that point in Article I of the Constitution and "all other powers" refers to all the powers in Article I for the legislative branch, Article II for the executive branch and Article III for the judiciary. In other words, Congress has the power to pass the legislation necessary and proper for carrying out the powers given to the government in the Constitution. It doesn't mean Congress can pass legislation to give the federal government powers the Constitution doesn't give it. If something isn't vested by the Constitution, Congress can't pass legislation on it.
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You seem to assume The Constitution states there will be no interpretations of the Constitution aside from straightforward, literal ones of explicited text, which isn't really possible for a document of abstract law, especially not in this day and age. Lateral approaches and implication are instrumental to maintaining the health and security of contemporary society, and for that matter conserving the rights of individuals.
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The Constitution does not give any branch of the government the authority to interpret the Constitution at all. And, yes, it means exactly and only what the writers and ratifiers meant by it.