Re: pessimist
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Sun, 08 Feb 1998 09:21:41 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 98-02-08 02:19:29 EST, you write:
<< I think the real question when considering an amendment is not what the
immediately interested parties intended when they penned the amendment,
but rather the ramifications of another interest group using the
legislation to achieve an end not intended by the authors.
At the turn of the century, the big bosses used the Constitution to beat
down the labor. They decided that "individual rights" referred to the
rights of the businesses, and that the grievances of labor undermined
those rights.
Just a thought.
Brendan >>
GOOD THOUGHTS Brendan. Yes, those are valid concerns too. The process is
always a bit speculative, but still a valid concern. I tend to look to the
immediate first, because that is what is going to materialize first.
Jim