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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« on: August 31, 2004, 09:26:09 AM »

Two comments:
1) As already noted by others, emend all mention of states to regions.
2) Back when the US Bill of Rights was passed $20 was worth a lot more than it is today.  Thus, ncreasing the figure in clause 11 would be worthwhile.  20 silver dollars woud be worth about $100 today and 20 gold dollars would be worth about $500.
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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2004, 09:29:00 AM »

I'd question the necessity of clause 14, though. It could get out of hand without a complementary necessary and proper clause.
Some would argue that the necessary and proper clause is what has gotten out of hand. Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2004, 09:40:09 AM »

I'm of the view that had the neccessary and proper clause been interepreted more narrowly, it would have only served as a speed bump.  The US government today would be much the same except that we'd have some more amendments in the constitution similar to the 16th in nature.  However, let's not forget that the purpose of a speed bump is to slow things down for safety's sake.
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