"Strict or Loose Constructionist?"
I would consider myself a strict constructionist not a loose one. The reason being is I think that the states should have power over there region because all regions are different from each other. For example, California is the total opposite of North Dakota, so why should they have the same social laws since they have different problems. This relates to "implied powers" because the central government is taking too much of what could be the states power away. The preamble limits what the government could be involved in but when it is interpreted broadly, it starts to take away from the individual and the state.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Blog Post #6
If we are living by these "informal requirements" then why don't we put them in the Constitution? Is there something wrong with them? I feel that they make for unfair elections. For example: If there was a smart poor man running against a dumb rich man, the rich man would win because he has more advertisement and money to put out.
Before women got to vote I highly doubt that men represented them. For example: Men did not vote out the child labor laws for decades; for women it would have been there first priority. I feel that still today we need to represent ourselves because why trust them now when they didn't help us then? There are not many middle class men, and the only way there would be is if they married higher class, or they had a financial backer. This is a concern because money can't buy brain power and if you're rich it doesn't mean that you are smart. So the middle class men that will never make it but are smart and can help us out will never be in office due to financial problems.
Before women got to vote I highly doubt that men represented them. For example: Men did not vote out the child labor laws for decades; for women it would have been there first priority. I feel that still today we need to represent ourselves because why trust them now when they didn't help us then? There are not many middle class men, and the only way there would be is if they married higher class, or they had a financial backer. This is a concern because money can't buy brain power and if you're rich it doesn't mean that you are smart. So the middle class men that will never make it but are smart and can help us out will never be in office due to financial problems.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Blog entry #5
Freedom vs Security
My view on this subject is that there should be no secrets and no hacking into peoples privacy. Like I have said before I don't see why our country would need to keep secrets from us if they are trying to help us. To me secrets are lies and if our government is lying to us then we need a new government role. The subject on hacking into our privacy, I think this is wrong also. They should only be able to get our personal information if they have a warrant, because if a warrant is issued then there is evidence that the person in guilt is doing something wrong. There are laws on warrants already that state you have to have proof that they are up to no good, and that they are doing harm to our country. So this law that they are trying to keep up should be broken for the sake of our freedom. Another reason for keeping secrets is in the past, we have kept them because we are harming other countries.
My view on this subject is that there should be no secrets and no hacking into peoples privacy. Like I have said before I don't see why our country would need to keep secrets from us if they are trying to help us. To me secrets are lies and if our government is lying to us then we need a new government role. The subject on hacking into our privacy, I think this is wrong also. They should only be able to get our personal information if they have a warrant, because if a warrant is issued then there is evidence that the person in guilt is doing something wrong. There are laws on warrants already that state you have to have proof that they are up to no good, and that they are doing harm to our country. So this law that they are trying to keep up should be broken for the sake of our freedom. Another reason for keeping secrets is in the past, we have kept them because we are harming other countries.
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