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It [the constitution] didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the constitution is a charter of negative liberties. it says what the states can't do to you, it says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. and that hasn't shifted.
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It [the Constitution] Didn't Break Free From

Barack Obama
It [the constitution] didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the constitution is a charter of negative liberties. it says what the states can't do to you, it says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. and that hasn't shifted.
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Generally the constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you, says what the federal government can't do to you. but it doesn't say what the state or federal government must do on your behalf.
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The senate, compared to the house, is where things are supposed to slow down, by design, founding father design. the founding fathers were hell-bent to stop government action. the constitution limited government. and that's why people like obama and democrats call it a charter of negative liberties because it limits government. it's an anti-government, pro-citizen document. and the founders wanted to make it hard.
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