Podcast: A Lesson on the General Welfare Clause

Rob Natelson, recognized national expert on the framing and adoption of the United States Constitution, offers a lesson on the general Welfare clause of the United States Constitution. He discusses the original meaning of the words themselves, the meaning of general welfare in the preamble, the original meaning and understanding of the clause, the taxing clause, the Hamiltonian vs the Madisonian view, anti-federalist concerns, modern interpretations, court cases which have turned its meaning upside down, practical reasons for a limiting view of the clause and the Constitution as a whole, and more. Add to iTunes Mentioned in this Show Federalist #41 United States v Butler Korematsu v. United States More from Rob Natelson: Are Campaign Finance Laws Constitutional? Is ObamaCare Constitutional? Claiming Almost Everything is “Commerce” The post Podcast: A Lesson on the General Welfare Clause appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.