Comments on: Where Does The Constitution Say Us Govt Can Control What Is Eaten At Schools? Except In Dc?

By: Johnny Derp

Johnny Derp — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:22:38 +0000

Read the Tenth Amendment. (read the whole Constitution while your at it).
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
But we have a problem. The Constitution was not intended to be applied to an empire. The laws of the Nation in which this school is located apply. If it is on US territory, there may be some cases that would be relevant, but I am not a lawyer, and I don’t know. Do some research if you really care.
On second thought… The statement “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution” would lead me to believe that, state, territory or whatever, any power not granted implicitly by the Constitution is not available to the Federal Govt, under any circumstance.

By: sunshine

sunshine — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:59:32 +0000

Im on ur side, u told it well. thanks and yes the governnent went wild at the childrens expense.

By: extremis

extremis — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:16:36 +0000

madd texan for 10 pts, there’s nothing to add

By: Brown950

Brown950 — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:48:36 +0000

The ketchup clause.

By: DocStew

DocStew — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:52:42 +0000

Also, what document is used to create the public schools in the first place?
I know it’s the 10th plank of something…

By: Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:42:26 +0000

These days congress can do anything it wants under the highly debatable ‘common good’ clause.

By: madd texan

madd texan — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:12:13 +0000

It’s part of the deal when local schools accept federal money. There are always strings attached to federal money. In my opinion, the federal Department of Education should be dissolved and total control should be handled at the state and local level.

By: Nickolas S

Nickolas S — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:41:00 +0000

The federal government does not even have the legal right to have a department of education. Any power that is not specifically granted to the federal government is granted to the states. The Constitution Party is starting to look better and better.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:44:17 +0000

Ah the old “common sense” cop-out. A 50/50 mix of guilt & BS.
No (or altered) facts/testing necessary, only euphemisms (how not to say what you really mean), and hot air.
Control, control, control. Not for anyone’s good or need or ease …
but theirs.
Hey Harkin, take your “Pig Odor” (PORK) money and smell yourself.
The Cattle, Hog, Corn, and Soybean “LOBBY (ISTS)” wouldn’t have anything to do with what you want to serve in schools Nationwide … Would it? … Oink-Oink

By: It Girl

It Girl — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:40:07 +0000

Those Senators haven’t read the Constitution if they think they have that much power.
I wonder if anyone in our current government has read The Constitution, actually. It sure doesn’t seem like it. I mean, they didn’t bother reading anything in that huge scamulus package before they signed onto it….