The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution places a limit (just compensation) on an implied power (eminent domain) that is not listed in Article I, Section 8. Thus, James Madison was less than candid when he said the national government’s powers were “few and defined.” A constitution containing “powers by implication” (another Madisonian phrase) cannot be a constitution of few powers. (See my America’s Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited.)
Marx is Number One in Earth’s Fiction Bestsellers
Agatha Christie is widely regarded as the most successful fiction author of all time, with over two billion copies of her detective novels sold worldwide but I would suggest Karl Marx was the most successful fiction author of all time. Overall, Marx’ complete...