tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051061816042051237.post2046795989344552061..comments2023-10-30T09:00:06.821-05:00Comments on The River: "The General Welfare" (re-visited)Tom Sawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685017904498544240noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051061816042051237.post-72214433707821540902009-09-09T22:21:23.217-05:002009-09-09T22:21:23.217-05:00If the general welfare clause was meant to allow C...If the general welfare clause was meant to allow Congress to do whatever it wants, why did the founders bother to write Article I, Section 8 at all? The liberal interpretation of the general welfare clause is so impossibly broad that it literally allows anything, including creating laws that violate rights protected in the Bill of Rights.Allen Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931094231873936559noreply@blogger.com