Re: DOES THE 9th AMENDMENT PROTECT RESPONSIBLE REC DRUG USE?

brian bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> no individual citizen has the *right* to void the self-directed free
> choices of another -- thus there can be no *power* collectively
> granted to the government to do so.

And since no individual has the right to tax another individual, there 
can be no power collectively granted to government to do so.

>  likewise, no individual citizen
> has the power to *punish* anothers' self-directed choices, thus they
> subsequently cannot collectively grant such a power to the government

And since no individual has the "right to rule" over another person, 
there can be no power collectively granted to the group of people called  
the state.

> -- unless the constitution is amended to grant such power to the
> government of course.  the framers left instructions on how to go 
> about changing the constituion in Article V. 

The fact that the constitution can be amended (by government X) to grant 
any power whatsoever (to government X) demolishes the pretense of a  
constitution that limits government X's power.  



Master: My power over you is limited by this contract.

Slave: But can you change the contract?

Master: Yes, I can change the terms of the contract whenever I wish.

Slave: That doesn't seem fair.

Master: It seems fair to me.

Slave: What if we have a dispute over the details of the contract?

Master: Then I decide which one of us is right.

Slave: Thank goodness I have this contract to limit your power 
over me. For a minute there I thought I was in trouble.