The purpose of the General Welfare clause is to provide a reason, motivation, and purpose to the proper exercise of the Powers the Constitution specifically grants to Congress.
Without missing a beat, he cited the General Welfare Clause.
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Citing James Madison, Woods asks an important question: if the general welfare clause is sufficient to justify pretty much anything the Federal government wants to do, why bother with enumerated powers?
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General Welfare Clause misinterpreters, you can start here.
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In 2002 General Musharraf amended this clause to grant himself a one-off dispensation.
As for the Welfare Clause, far from some ambiguous insertion meant to allow politicians to do whatever they wanted with our general welfare in mind, the Welfare Clause was written to ensure that any actions taken by the federal government that fell within its enumerated powers had to be considered with the general welfare of the citizenry in mind.
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"The Commerce Clause is not a general license to regulate an individual from cradle to grave, simply because he will predictably engage in particular transactions, " the chief justice wrote.
The chief justice, after rejecting the administration's Commerce clause argument, turned to the more general power of Congress to tax.
There is an escape clause to avoid penalties if Europe faces a general shock such as the financial crisis.
Peers voted by a majority of six to put a "sunset clause" in the legislation, aiming to kill off the bill after the next general election unless a future government chose to revive it, and by a majority of four to restrict the issues on which referendums would be held.
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