At 11:48 PM 10/1/01 -0700, you wrote: >For those interested in what the Supreme Court has actually said about the >Preamble, rather than mere speculation, I happened, by pure coincidence, to >stumble across this link today: > >http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/preamble/ > >It seems the Court does take quite seriously. > >H.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE PREAMBLE Although the preamble is not a source of power for any department of the Federal Government, 1 the Supreme Court has often referred to it as evidence of the origin, scope, and purpose of the Constitution. 2 ''Its true office,'' wrote Joseph Story in his COMMENTARIES, ''is to expound the nature and extent and application of the powers actually conferred by the Constitution, and not substantively to create them. 1. Not a source of power 2. Expounds...not substantively to create... In other words, it has no force of law, which is a statement of fact, not speculation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
