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None1257 Wrote: May 06, 2012 1:22 PM
When you first determine what is the "minimum"?
Paulus Textor Wrote: May 06, 2012 1:27 PM
The carefully-enumerated powers in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution are a good starting point. I would quickly eliminate the "commerce clause", which has been expanded to justify regulation and restriction of virtually any human activity.

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