Presidents & Congress Ignoring the Constitution!
11/8/2008 Is the government we have today what the founders had in mind?
Everyone in government takes an oath to uphold the Constitution, but few do so. Beginning with John Adams, and proceeding to Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and George W. Bush, congress has enacted and the President has signed laws that have criminalized political speech, suspended Habeas Corpus, compelled support for war
More.., forbade the freedom of contract, allowed the government to spy on Americans without a search warrant, and use tax payer dollars to shore up failing private banks.
All of this legislation is so obviously in conflict with the plain words of the Constitution, that one wonders how Congress gets away with it.
The truth is, that the Constitution grants Congress 17 specific delegated powers, and commands in the 9th and 10th Amendments, that the powers not articulated and thus not delegated by the Constitution to the Congress, must be reserved to the states and the people. What's more, Congress can only use it's delegated powers to legislate for what we call the general welfare. Meaning it cannot spend tax dollars on individuals or selected groups, but only for all of us. And, Congress cannot deny the equal protection of the laws, thus, it must treat similarly situated entities in a similar manner.
It is clear that the framers wrote a constitution, as a result of which, contracts would be enforced, risk would be real, choices would be free and have consequences, and private property would be sacrosanct.
The $700 billion dollar bailout of large banks that Congress recently enacted runs afoul of virtually all these constitutional principles.
Do the people we send to the federal government, recognize any limits on Congress' power to legislate?
Here's my opinion. The don't recognize limits, on Congress' power to legislate. The air you breathe, the water you drink, the size of your toilet tank, the water pressure in your shower, the subjects your children study in school, the manner in which your physician treats you when you are ill, the speed you drive your car, what you can drink before you get in the car, all of these are regulated by the Congress.
Congress has written over 4,000 criminal laws, that make up over one million pages of text. And, the law presumes that we understand all of it.
Does the Congress recognize any limits on it's ability to legislate whatever it wants? Yes, whatever it can get away with.
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To say that we are in a constitutional crisis is an understatement. Thank Bush for that. I always defended Bush until this mess showed up. His refusal to stop Freddie and Fannnie will mark his presidency as a failure.
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "FreedomStalker" (R)
Truth in the MSM??
what the **** is going on?!!!
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "red_pill" (B)
what the **** is going on?!!!
I hear ya.... Pentagon TV allowed the truth to slip... lmao!
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "Illuminated1234" (R)
Hopefully we Americans can pull together, stay after our congressman, circulate petitions and protest if we have to, to get our government back
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "sheepfarm" (R)
bumpy ride ahead, chin up.
Time to watch the Road Warrior again folkz.
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "fishpuss" (R)
And just wait for the prophet to appoint new Judges to take away gun ownership rights and send his ACORN nitwits to search homes and people in order to confiscate their 2nd Amendment designated rights to own a gun.
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "flywithbirds" (R)
Time to watch the Road Warrior again folkz.
Why do you sport a picture of me?
buahahahahaha
I'm a brutal, and I bow to your flying head when it spits guns at me.....muhhaaaahahahah.
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "fishpuss" (R)
I have always liked this guy.
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "JustViewing" (R)
I think philosophy should be a mandatory subject in high schools around the US. People are not taught enough about the Constitution and the ideas of the men who created it. The Constitution is not just a piece of paper, it may be possible to interpret and modify it but the rule of law and the rights of citizens must be upheld. This is all dependent on the willingness and desire of individuals to serve in government. We must elect those who actually represent the voices of the people.
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "jsoucy64" (R)
ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE TO REPORT TO THE COTTON FIELDS TOMARROW AT 7 AM FOR ORIENTATION.
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "liveleaka905" (B)
YEP. I SMELL IT COMING.BUY AS MANY GUNS WHILE YOU CAN! I AM!
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "DFTERC" (R)
Sorry I laughed at the first 18 spams Im reporting you now as spaming every post is stupid srry.
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "SimpleSiren" (R)
one of the better videos I have watched in a while
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "driedjello" Premium
I like the Judge.
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "SimpleSiren" (R)
ive always liked this guy.
Posted Nov-8-2008 by "alivethruluck"