Federal govt. & Science - Const. limits

Jim Choate ravage at ssz.com
Mon Jan 12 22:04:29 PST 1998



Congress has *no* authority to ban *any* scientific research. In fact they
are specificaly enjoined to *promote* it.


Section 8.  The Congress shall have Power... 

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	To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing 
for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their 
respective Writings and Discoveries; 

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				ARTICLE IX. 
 
	The enumeration of the Constitution, of certain rights, shall 
not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. 
 
 
 
				ARTICLE X. 
 
	The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, 
nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, 
or to the people. 
 


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