The December 30 piece A Veteran Gets Criminal Treatment and Censored over Chickens describes the statist treatment of veteran Leo Hendrick and his chickens by the City of Northwood, Iowa. Nearly all of the comments to the article expressed disdain for what the city did and how they did it.  One even referenced, I'm glad to write, the Ninth Amendment, which states, "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." James Madison insisted upon the Ninth Amendment because he knew the tendency of government to construe its power too broadly.  And, as I wrote, "[The Northwood city lawyer] is typical of lawyers for the government:  Power must be served, and the Constitution must be read as narrowly as possible when that fits the government's interests." One commenter to the article about Mr. Hendrick wrote: It is rather interesting that no one brought up the portion of the US...(Read Full Post)