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Thursday, October 29. 2009

How obsolete has our Constitution become?

From Patriot Post:



Our Constitution's principle author, James Madison, wrote, "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined [and] will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce."


Concerning the legislature's authority, Thomas Jefferson asserted: "[G]iving [Congress] a distinct and independent power to do any act they please which may be good for the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole [Constitution] to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and as sole judges of the good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please. Certainly, no such universal power was meant to be given them. [The Constitution] was intended to lace them up straightly within the enumerated powers and those without which, as means, these powers could not be carried into effect."


Posted by The Barrister in Politics at 13:29 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Our Constitution is more important and relevant today than it ever has been.

It is our Congress and the institutions they created that are obsolete.
#1 NJSoldier on 2009-10-29 14:36 (Reply)
And Barney Frank fits into that how?

Surely they didn't mean him did they?

Perhaps they were prejudice against his kind?
#2 jeb on 2009-10-29 15:01 (Reply)
According to that noted constitutional scholar Senator Steny Hoyer the government can compel you to do anything as long as it is for the general good.
#3 Ray on 2009-10-29 15:42 (Reply)
Mudboy can be counted on to lie.

Despite his oath, it is apparent that he thinks the US Constition is an impediment to his anti-christ designs upon Americans' economies and liberties.
#4 Leag on 2009-10-29 17:46 (Reply)
Well, where to begin?

(1) The Constitution does NOT allow the Supreme Court to judge the constitutionality of Acts of Congress. This is a pure usurpation. By the way, until recently, NO common law country allowed its courts to judge the validity of legislation.

(2) Since WWII, presidents have routinely engaged in agreements that are in fact treaties without submitting them to the Senate. SALT II (I believe it's that one) is an example. Obama now is poised to impose both the Kyoto climate accord and the Law of the Sea without Senate approval.

(3) For a very long time, American Presidents have claimed the right to go to war without a war declaration by Congress. This includes every engagement of the 20th Century except WWI and WWII and every engagement of the 21st Century to date.

This does not exhaust the list. Some of the key provisions of the Constitution are but null and void. On the other hand, we have abortion on demand (and soon euthanasia unasked for) and we have all but silenced those pesky, uppity Christians.
#5 Bob Sykes on 2009-10-29 18:43 (Reply)

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