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First Principles: The Powers Delegated By the Proposed Constitution To the Federal Government Are Few and Defined. Those Which Are To Remain In the State Governments Are Numerous and Indefinite

“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.” – James Madison, Federalist 45, 1788 (For those who do not understand that the … Continue reading

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A Passion For Listening

A Passion For Listeningby Michael DoyleIn the set of all possible worlds, I pauseThinking of the multiverses behind The first causeAnd I realize that the chasm between Finite and infiniteIs something that, at this time, we find Cannot be definitiveBut … Continue reading

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First Principles: Laws Should Be Consistent and Easily Understood

“It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws … undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is today, can guess … Continue reading

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