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Constitutional terms, do they have meaning, do they have weight?

Not my fault you can't comprehend the answer and have no actual questions to ask.

Once again, do you don't know what an example is ?


If so can you cite a US government policy regarding welfare or defense from say the last one hundred years ?
 
Once again, do you don't know what an example is ?


If so can you cite a US government policy regarding welfare or defense from say the last one hundred years ?

Our welfare clause is General not common nor limited. Only Congress has that general authority. Common powers must about the co-equal branch of Government and the judicial Power of the United States. Both co-equal branches have jurisdiction; Congress creates the laws the Judicature can adjudicate via the judicial Power of the United States.
 
Our welfare clause is General not common...

Again a total waste of gas



Once more, do you know what an example is ?


If so can you cite an example of a US government policy regarding welfare or defense from say the last one hundred years ?
 
Again a total waste of gas



Once more, do you know what an example is ?


If so can you cite an example of a US government policy regarding welfare or defense from say the last one hundred years ?

Only Congress has that general authority. Common powers must about the co-equal branch of Government and the judicial Power of the United States. Both co-equal branches have jurisdiction; Congress creates the laws the Judicature can adjudicate via the judicial Power of the United States.
 
Only Congress has that general authority. Common powers...

More wasted gas


Do you actually know what an example is ?

If so can you cite an example of a US government policy regarding welfare or defense from say the last one hundred years ?
 
More wasted gas


Do you actually know what an example is ?

If so can you cite an example of a US government policy regarding welfare or defense from say the last one hundred years ?

Both co-equal branches have jurisdiction; Congress creates the laws the Judicature can adjudicate via the judicial Power of the United States.
 
What do certain terms used in the Constitution mean, and do they have any weight in today's jurisprudence?

For example: Congress shall make no law...

...Shall not be violated...

No person shall be held to answer

In all criminal prosecutions the right of trial by jury shall be preserved

Excessive bail shall not be required

Do any of these terms carry any weight in today's legal proceedings?

Yes, they have meaning. But when a public at large is uneducated or educated to the contrary, the result is the lack of weight to the meaning of terms in this particular document. This is a great OP.
 
All law is composed of two things: letter and spirit. Ex: 1919, Detroit Michigan, the advent of the auto necessitates a law. Autos shall come to a complete stop at all Stop Signs. The letter--shall come to a complete stop--embodies the spirit--we don't want people getting killed at intersections.

The Constitution is also composed of letter and spirit. What does the clause say, and why does it say it? The ultimate right contained in the Constitution is that of alter/abolish, in Article V. The convention clause embodies the spirit of the Declaration of Independence in that it provides a legal basis to formally discuss our government as it exists today. Here is a Congressional Research Service report all about the Article V Convention: http://www.foavc.org/reference/R44435_20171115.pdf

"Hi, I'm an American but I'm afraid to formally discuss amendment proposals. I can only talk about the Constitution informally on the internet. I don't deserve what I've been afforded."
 
All law is composed of two things: letter and spirit. Ex: 1919, Detroit Michigan, the advent of the auto necessitates a law. Autos shall come to a complete stop at all Stop Signs. The letter--shall come to a complete stop--embodies the spirit--we don't want people getting killed at intersections.

The Constitution is also composed of letter and spirit. What does the clause say, and why does it say it? The ultimate right contained in the Constitution is that of alter/abolish, in Article V. The convention clause embodies the spirit of the Declaration of Independence in that it provides a legal basis to formally discuss our government as it exists today. Here is a Congressional Research Service report all about the Article V Convention: http://www.foavc.org/reference/R44435_20171115.pdf

"Hi, I'm an American but I'm afraid to formally discuss amendment proposals. I can only talk about the Constitution informally on the internet. I don't deserve what I've been afforded."

Our original Bill of Rights was enough. We never needed all the other amendments.
 
Fruit is a form of Commerce to be Regulated, well.

It is our welfare clause that is General with no limit as to the solution potential to promote the general welfare.

But according to post #219 is can also be used to distinguish between different kinds of republic


It is our defense clause, that is common, that denies no limit to common defense.
 
But according to post #219 is can also be used to distinguish between different kinds of republic


It is our defense clause, that is common, that denies no limit to common defense.

We don't have a general welfare clause. The right wing alleges our common defense clause can do more than a General clause regarding our welfare.
 
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