17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 02:15 PM 1/29/96 -0500, Alan Pugh wrote:
It isn't clear to me that the Constitution grants "rights" to the government that aren't already possessed by the people themselves. Would that even be possible? "Powers" maybe, "rights," maybe not.
the constitution is an amazingly consistant document internally. take a slow read through it and you will see that you are absolutely correct. when 'people' are being referred to, the term used is 'rights'. when it is a governmental organization (state or federal), the term used is always 'powers'.
Thank you for verifying concurring. I haven't read the Constitution in a few years, so I was a bit hazy, but I think I managed to hit the nail reasonably well on the head.