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07/06/00: Here's a poll on the U.S. Constitution.
Posted by: grundle2600@hotmail.com (grundle)
1) In your own words, what is the meaning of the following:
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
2) In your own words, what is the meaning of the following:
"... nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
3) In your own words, what is the meaning of the following:
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
4) In your own words, what is the meaning of the following:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
5) When the federal government wanted to outlaw alcohol in 1919, they passed the folliwng amendment:
"After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."
In your opinion, why was it necessary to amend the Constitutiuon in order to give the government the power to outlaw alcohol?
6) When the federal government outlawed marijuana in the 1930s, they did not make any amendments to the Constitution. What part of the U.S. Constitution gives the federal government the power to outlaw marijuana? Please quote the Constitution for this. (In case you need to, you can read the U.S. Constitution online at: http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/US-Constitution.htm )
7) What part of the U.S. Constitution gave the U.S. government the power to engage in the Vietnam War? (Please quote the Constitution for this question, as well as for the rest of the questions here.)
8) What part of the U.S. Constitution gives the U.S. government the power to spend money on the National Endowment for the Arts?
9) What part of the U.S. Constitution gives the U.S. government the power to spend money on education?
10) What part of the U.S. Constitution gives the U.S. government the power to spend money on medicare?
11) What part of the U.S. Constitution gives the U.S. government the power to spend money on social security?
12) What part of the U.S. Constitution gives the U.S. government the power to spend money to subsidize McDonald's to advertise in foreign countries?
13) What part of the U.S. Constitution gives the U.S. government the power to spend money to subsidize logging in national forests?
14) What part of the U.S. Constitution gives the U.S. government the power to spend money to subsidize tobacco farmers?
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