It did not limit federal powers or state powers enough.
Simple as that.
But the fact that anyone set up a country based on a document designed to limit the authority of the state was a damned good thing, and a first as far as I know---the state's existence was a privilege granted by the people rather than the other way around.
Who messed with it and got the tables turned, and why?
Thursday, October 14, 2010
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Good question. We should know because we studied this in 4th grade and I can't remember....
ReplyDeleteYou might thank Franklin D Roosevelt for that. He set wheels in motion that have made the government the all-powerful, all-intrusive machine it is today.
ReplyDeleteThe "beef"? They put it on the outside of the bun there, now didn't they. Awfully messy to eat - never mind swallow.
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