Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   A Must Read to Understand How this Happened Date:   1/4/2011 11:23:07 AM

“Congress Rediscovers the Constitution” 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703384504576055632235572362.html?mod=rss_opinion_main

“…How, then, did modern constitutional law get so complicated and federal power so expansive? One reason is that several provisions in the Constitution were written broadly to allow for contingencies. But those provisions were never meant to open the floodgates to boundless congressional power. The presumption was that any political redress of unexpected problems would be done with due deference to the larger structure, aims and principles of the document…”