To the Editor:

After reading the commentary by John Imperiale(“‘General Welfare’ Shortchanged and U.S. Constitution Thwarted,” 3/29) I found it so neglectful and misleading of the “general welfare clause” of the Constitution that it begs for feedback. This must be his real intention, as only the most rabid elitists could agree with its content and his past writings don’t fit that mold.

He starts off by labeling constitutional originalists as constitutional deniers and on the far right.

April 5, 2017