[Osborn F Enready]

Waychel, where did the Constitution get its power from?

Who created and granted the authority to the government, and who funds it?

Whose name does the government act in?

The people have the ultimate power in vote. (assuming obviously its legitimate, but thats another issue) If laws are creating citizen skepticism, disregard and scorn in large numbers of population, it needs to be put to popular vote, to decide if the bills were passed to law without public conscent, on the misguided views of their representatives. (prohibition of alchohol, the essential creation of the black market, public outcry and blatant disrespect of the laws concerning alchohol, much as with drug laws, especially marijuana laws.)

In essence I am saying that regardless of what is written about commerce, the government serves the people. If the laws are harming the people, or the will of the people more than they help, it is essentially a dis-service, regardless the noble intent. The State, and the people, have the right to popular vote, as much as our forefathers had the right to Independence. California and other States rights have been rendered moot, as are the individuals more each day.

Laws only mean something, if they are respected by the overwhelming majority, and reasonably enforceable. We are finding how feeble our attempts have been in regulating human craving or desire, again.

What is the purpose in keeping records of history, if you do not learn from its obvious lessons?