At 10:20 AM 7/15/96 -0700, David Sternlight wrote:
At 3:50 AM -0700 7/15/96, Duncan Frissell wrote:
At 09:35 PM 7/14/96 -0700, David Sternlight wrote:
Did you miss the part in the Constitution about "provide for the common defence"
That's a meaningless part of the Preamble.
Anyone who thinks substantive parts of the Preamble are "meaningless" is deserving only of contumely. Perhaps you should review your high school civics course--you did have one of those, yes?
David
Welcome to the list. Yes my high school Civics class was good. So were my law school Con Law courses. Yes, David I would say you practice "contumely" -- Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence. But then so do I. I'll say again, the Preamble speaks of the reasons the drafters of the Constitution had for writing the thing, it does not set forth any powers of the federal government. Goals not means. GAK is a means not a goal. DCF