The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

"support and defend" - what a concept!

dustbury points out that an internet tax cannot be enacted...
"...without actually amending the Constitution*. Then again, relatively few members of Congress pay anything more than lip service to the Constitution, and then only when they need it to support their own positions."
* specifically Article 1 Section 9: No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

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