On Sep 6, 1:21*pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"Jack" wrote in message

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That is very instructive.

Try finishing the sentence... I think it's pretty clear that you're pretty
wrong. Why not admit it.

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Nom=de=Plume
Let's re-arrange the sentence. *"While some have referred to it as
evidence of the origin, scope, and purpose of the Constitution, the
preamble is
not a source of power for any department of the
Federal Government."

Let's leave it as the Founders intended.

Just trying to help you understand, what must be for you, a difficult
sentence. Oh, and the Founders didn't write that sentence... some
lawyer did. Is that the source of your confusion? There's that
mental heavy lifting thing again.


What is it about "not a source of power for any department of the
Federal Government" do you not understand?

Are you a revisionist constitutionalist? I doubt it.

Can you answer a direct question? Apparently not.

You know, you may be right. We can stretch "general welfare" to mean
just about anything. Something that would help *my* general welfare
would be, say, ten million dollars and about twenty acres of prime
real estate on the local lake. The goverment should provide that to
me. Oh, and they should, of course, take it away from my fellow man
to give it to me. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Can you see how silly your whole argument is?