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In this great purpose of enumerating rather than defining the powers of government its framers were supremely wise.
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gutenberg.orgJames Beck: “In this great purpose of enumerating rather than defining the powers of government its framers were supremely wise.”
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Beck praises the framers of the Constitution for their wisdom in enumerating government powers without overly defining them.
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That vision still remains as an ideal with the American people and still leads them to ever-higher achievements, for in all the mad changes of a frenzied hour, they have not yet lost faith in or love for the Constitution of the Fathers!
If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.
It did not believe that the State was omnipotent or infallible, and yet it proclaimed its authority within wise and just limits.
Under the American Constitution, they are part of the fundamental law, and, as such, enforceable by judges sworn to defend the integrity of the individual as fully as the integrity of the State.
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