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