Originally Posted by Thorgrim The only parts that really tried to "limit" the powers of the government are items like the 10th amendment The Constitution was set up to be a negative authority. Originally, it did not have power over you and me because we created it. The Fourteenth Amendment ...
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01-30-2007, 03:52 PM
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| tyop speicalist Religion Moderator  Capitalist California 
| Originally Posted by Thorgrim The Constitution was set up to be a negative authority. Originally, it did not have power over you and me because we created it. The Fourteenth Amendment took care of that, but you'd still be wrong to say that the Constitution doesn't limit the powers of government because that's exactly what it does. The Amendments are put into place to give the government more power. We the People just neglect to hold anyone's feet to the fire. 
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