An important victory in the battle for civil rights was the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The court held that segregated public education is inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional. This case sounded the death knell of the "separate but equal" doctrine that had been the law of the land since the court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. Academic progress remained an important objective, butracial discrimination in employment was discouraging. Black graduates of Ivy League colleges often had to settle for jobs as postal clerks or Pullman porters. Nonetheless, many talented blacks persevered. Solutions to the education problem have been impaired by the archaic thinking of political conservatives. They believe the states' rights position t...
... is essential today to "promote the general welfare," as stated in the Preamble to the Constit...
In light of human nature, saying that money is free speech in politics is like saying a gun in the hand of a burglar amounts to saying "pretty please." What makes this obvious problem worse is that it's a violation of the principle of "general welfare" found in the Constitution, designed to protect us from special interests. The Supreme Court's decision was a terrible one. Joseph Price
It's rather obvious that our fearmongers on the right are not familiar with the clause in the Constitution "to promote the general welfare". Posted by Retired Army on Friday at 6:17 a.m.
[...] they would be able to argue to the Court with regard to any particular challenged appropriation (a) that the appropriation was consistent with the "general Welfare," or (b) that there should be a strong presumption that any congressional appropriation is, by virtue of its enactment through a majoritarian democratic legislative process, consistent with the "general Welfare." [...] if the Court nonetheless ultimately held that a challenged appropriation was inconsistent with the "general Welfare" and therefore prohibited by the Constitution, those who deemed this ruling to be in error could seek a constitutional amendment to correct the error.174 In stark contrast, under the status quo in which the Court has not adopted any second-order rule for interpreting provisions of the const...
BIG GOVERNMENT HERE TO STAY? Stimulus boosts role in private sectorWho didn't see this coming? President-elect Barack Obama and a compliant Congress want to have an economic stimulus bill on his desk when he takes office Jan. 20. Although it's always a good idea to be ready to get to work the first day at a new job, this package has the potential to expand the scope of government to the point where the nation might as well scrap the Constitution and its rules for limiting government's reach. Estimates for the size of the economic stimulus package range from $600 billion to $850 billion. With that much money on the table, states, businesses and special interests are lining up to get a slice of the pie. There are many troubling things about this, or any economic stimulus that comes from W...
... least not in its entirety--to use by the general public, this "Court long ago rejected any literal ... Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.1. . I. . The city of New London (hereinafter...The concept of the public welfare is broad and inclusive.. . The values it represent...
A recent letter from Fred L. Greer, M.D. (Readers' Forum, March 22), claims that food, shelter, medical care and other rights are unmentioned in the Constitution. However, the Preamble to the Constitution states that it was established to promote the general welfare. The first thing listed under welfare in my dictionary is "health. The Constitution should be read before it is "quoted" for political purposes.
I'm responding to Barthel Wayne Huff's letter (Readers' Forum, March 26) asking those against the health care bill to "read the Constitution." The preamble does mention that the Constitution was in part established to promote the general welfare. However, there isn't a single student of the Constitution or of the Founding Fathers' writings who can credibly claim that this ought to be interpreted as a mandate for the federal government to "provide" universal health care. I challenge Huff and others to not read the Constitution with such a narrow, contemporary and socialistic eye. Monica Wilbur
...The General Welfare Clause 2. The Commerce Clause II. THEORY OF THE GE... Federalism and Other Parts of the Constitution C. Collective Action Federalism and Constitutional...
The U.S. Constitution does not create the right to health care. But it does specifically state that among other things, we the people, have created the Constitution to promote the general welfare. The Ninth Amendment states that the enumeration of specific rights in the Constitution shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Obviously, this means the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness set forth in the Declaration of Independence.
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