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No, the US Constitution essentially lays out all the things the people entrusted the government to do.
by op00to 7y ago
No, the US Constitution essentially lays out all the things the people entrusted the government to do.
- gpm 7y agoIt does both, and I don't mean to minimize the extent to which it does that. An unambiguous example of it doing nothing but restricting the government would be the 6th amednment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Text https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_...
- op00to 7y agoI was being pedantic and not including amendments. :)
- gpm 7y agoArticle 1 section 9 isn't an amendment and is still just a bunch of restrictions :P The first one, for example, is > 1: The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
- op00to 7y agoYou are technically correct, the best kind! :)