"Whensoever the general government assumes undelegated power"

bigtree

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Sat Dec-24-05 03:17 PM
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"Whensoever the general government assumes undelegated power"

Resolved,

That the several states composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that by compact, under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States, and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes, delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each state to itself the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force, Bush.

(Thanks to T.Jefferson)

http://www.constitution.org/rf/kr_1798.htm

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peanutbrittle

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Sat Dec-24-05 03:22 PM
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1. According to Ashcroft himself

It would appear

According to Ashcroft himself

A FULL INVESTIGATION would be warranted on the POTUS

B. FULL INVESTIGATIONS

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(iv) depriving individuals of any rights secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States

http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/generalcrimes2.pdf

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bigtree

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Sat Dec-24-05 03:28 PM
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3. good catch pb

welcome! :hi:

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formercia

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Sat Dec-24-05 03:23 PM
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2. undelegated is the key word.

Edited on Sat Dec-24-05 03:27 PM by formercia

or without the approval of Congress. Congress holds the power and may delegate such powers to the Federal Government.

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