NODE 1af4da7eRe: "Gentlemen do not read each other's mail"
Alan Pugh <ampugh@mci.newscorp.com>Tue, 30 Jan 1996 04:10:06 +0800
>It isn't clear to me that the Constitution grants "rights" to the government
>that aren't already possessed by the people themselves. Would that even be
>possible? "Powers" maybe, "rights," maybe not.
the constitution is an amazingly consistant document internally. take a slow
read through it and you will see that you are absolutely correct. when
'people' are being referred to, the term used is 'rights'. when it is a
governmental organization (state or federal), the term used is always 'powers'.
amp