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Mr. Kazman's article should have been titled "Somewhere, Mr. Madison Gently Weeps."

The author of our Constitution is rolling in his grave; Article I mentions nothing about Congressional powers to regulate consumer products. The commerce clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) only allows regulation of commerce among the several States. The definition of commerce is the movement of goods, not the goods themselves. Where is the authority?

This would be an excellent cause for CEI or the Landmark Legal Foundation to take up in the courts. I'm sure Mark Levin is of the same school of though as I regarding the recently passed and signed Energy Bill. There are so many unconstitutional provisions in the legislation so as to make it the poster child for the phrase "like shooting ducks in a barrel."

The light bulb issue is but one of many such provisions. This target-rich environment also includes the higher CAFE standards, ethanol mandates, and home appliance standards.

p>Again, I ask, where is the authority? br> -- Owen H. Carneal, Jr. br> Yorktown, Virginia /p> p> We finally know how many politicians it takes to change a light bulb -- and I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that every one of them is invested in companies which will profit from this exercise in rank stupidity. But this is precisely what Americans can expect when the pseudo-science of man-made global warming collides with symbolism-over-substance do-goodism. Add increased government power over individual choice to the mix and such "enlightened" thinking becomes irresistible. br> -- Arnold Ahlert br> Boca Raton, Florida /p>

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