tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post215805274809513174..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: The Modern Left Rejects the Founding Principles...Brad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-77787541136295943632016-12-19T15:48:04.987-07:002016-12-19T15:48:04.987-07:00
the Founding was indeed communitarian, but not ...<br /><br /><br />the Founding was indeed communitarian, but not in the modern-left welfare state sense<br /><br />is.gd/shainTom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-46427551884686952362016-12-16T18:26:42.068-07:002016-12-16T18:26:42.068-07:00Check out "The General Welfare Clause and the...Check out "The General Welfare Clause and the Public Trust: An Essay in Original Understanding" By Robert G. Natelson at http://scholarship.law.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1094&context=faculty_lawreviews<br />JMSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-31830674250464567872016-12-12T12:46:00.723-07:002016-12-12T12:46:00.723-07:00Valid objection proving the point. In leftist log...Valid objection proving the point. In leftist logic, once anyone crosses a line, that line must be obliterated forever.<br /><br />That anything like the Louisiana Purchase might be <i>sui generis</i> is beyond the scope of their wisdom. All exceptions must forever become rules, which of course means that rules are worthless, the Constitution is worthless. Will is all that matters.<br /><br />You never disappoint, sir. Thank you once again for being my object lesson.<br /><br />__________<br /><br />https://online.hillsdale.edu/document.doc?id=318<br /><br /><br />The Progressives critiqued more than the philosophic principles of the American<br />Founders. They also rejected the structure of government established by the Constitution.<br />Woodrow Wilson was a leader of this Progressive project, in particular with his critique of<br />the separation of powers established by the Constitution.<br /><br />...<br /><br /> Wilson argued that the President, as the embodiment of<br />national popular opinion, would be a singular force for the common good, able to lead the<br />nation, including the two other branches of government, through the force of his own will.<br />As the future President Wilson wrote, “His office is anything he has the sagacity and force<br />to make it.”<br />Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-84336328910780865432016-12-12T07:16:32.969-07:002016-12-12T07:16:32.969-07:00You mean like the enumerated power to purchase the...You mean like the enumerated power to purchase the Louisiana Territory and pay for its exploration? jimmiraybobnoreply@blogger.com