From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 03:00:50 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Re: lack of evolutionary pressures (was Re: An end to "court (fwd)
Message-ID: <199708231858.NAA25765@einstein.ssz.com>
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> Subject: Re: lack of evolutionary pressures (was Re: An end to "court (fwd)
> From: Firebeard <stend+cypherpunks@sten.tivoli.com>
> Date: 23 Aug 1997 12:30:45 -0500

> 	No, the federal government is barred.  The state governments
> are free to do so (constrained by their own constitutions).  For that
> matter, the federal government shouldn't be involved in the business
> of affecting the specific welfare of individuals, so it should be a
> moot issue.

This I agree with completely. At no point in the Constitution does it give
the federal government the job of welfare. It also does not provide for any
mechanism for law enforcement (ie DEA, NSA, FBI, etc.) outside of taxes and
inter-state commerce.


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