Posted on 11/28/2015 9:39:00 AM PST by Jim W N
To recover their political freedom from an increasingly despotic and totalitarian federal government, the American People MUST recover their only legal bulwark of freedom against federal tyranny: the U.S. Constitution as written and originally understood and intended. The people must once again establish the Rule of Law, the key to political freedom, by reinstating the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land and the Ruler over the federal government.
To do this, the average American must familiarize himself with the Constitution and understand how it mainly limits the federal government. Below is a rough outline of the possible order of things in approaching the Constitution in a way the average American could understand.
1) Getting a good grasp of the PRESUMPTIONS of the Constitution helped by reading the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, the Declaration of Independence and certain selected Federalist Papers. The major presumptions are that
a) rights and powers are inherent in individuals and are given by God - among them are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness and are the birth right of every individual and are NOT given by government,
b) the Constitution does NOT grant rights and powers to individuals but the Constitution protects those rights,
c) the powers of the federal government are CREATED and DELEGATED by individuals through the states via the Constitution by which the feds themselves are both created and LIMITED,
d) if it is not a specific, enumerated power, it is not a power of the federal government whereas the opposite is true with the states and individuals. The states and the people are presumed SOVEREIGN outside of Constitutional mandates and limitations.
2) Understanding the basic STRUCTURAL doctrines in the Constitution by reading resources with solid Constitutional-based reasoning like Robert Bork's works. The Constitution creates the federal government and is its ONLY source of legitimate power and authority. The major structure of the feds is the three branches and the separation of powers between the branches with its checks & balances of power among the branches.
Article I creates the legislative branch, Article II creates the executive branch, Article III the judicial branch, Article IV puts certain limitations on the states, Article V outlines how to amend the Constitution, and Article VI declares the Constitution and ONLY those U.S. laws PURSUANT to the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land.
3) Once you've got a hold of that, you can READ THE TEXT of the Constitution with a basic understanding.
4) Post-1900 SCOTUS decisions are generally problematic although the pre-1900 decisions are better and more helpful in accurately interpreting constitutional phrases. There are very few good resources that critically analyze SCOTUS decisions based on sound constitutional understanding, and Bork's books are one of those rare resources.
There is a strong argument that society has granted SCOTUS powers much greater power than what the ratifiers contemplated. Nowhere does the Constitution give SCOTUS solitary power to create uncontroverted universal law from the bench. SCOTUS is the branch that applies the Constitution to INDIVIDUAL CASES and CONTROVERSIES (Art III, Sec 2). Thus SCOTUS decisions, if soundly based on the Constitution, are valid but limited to precedent for like cases, thus creating a kind of constitutional common law. A SCOTUS decision that is deemed unconstitutional should be ignored and nullified by the states and the other federal branches, but not without sound Constitution-based explanation and reasons for such nullification.
5) Bork's writings also help in understanding modern PERVERTED PRESUMPTIONS that depart from the Constitutional as written and originally understood and intended. Such perversions are generally those Congressional acts and SCOTUS decisions over the last 100 years or so that have given the feds sweeping, authoritative, and actually totalitarian powers with little to no constitutional reasoning or basis for doing so. The big three perversions are
a) "The Incorporation Doctrine" - judicial misapplication of the 14th Amendment giving the feds sweeping powers not contemplated by the ratifiers of the amendment.
b) The [Interstate] "Commerce Clause" (Art I, Sec 8, Cl 3) astonishingly been expanded by Congress and ratified by SCOTUS to give the feds almost unlimited power over intrastate and local economic activities again, not contemplated by the ratifiers of the Constitution.
c) The "Necessary and Proper Clause" (Art I, Sec 8, Cl 18), originally intended to allow executive enforcement and regulation pursuant to legislation within the scope of the Constitution, the N&P Clause has been expanded beyond constitutional grounds and limits to such an extent that a quasi-fourth branch of government has been created: the Administrative State with behemoth unconstitutional bureaucracies.
Armed with this knowledge, the American People could begin to intelligently move among their elected representatives at the federal level to cut government to its constitutional size and at the state level to nullify unconstitutional federal acts, which by definition are acts of tyranny, and recover their freedoms and their Constitution that protects them.
Well, you might start by giving sound constitutional-based reasoning against state nullification of unconstitutional federal acts.
Your opposition in the absence of such reasoning is enough to question whether your allegiance or opposition is tied more to your own ideas rather than the Constitution as written and originally understood and intended.
And a good journey it will be.
In the end, may we both say, as Paul did at the end of his life, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith” (2 Tim 4:7).
:)
250 years ago, they were an ocean away on sailing ships, not your next-door neighbors.
And it took the intervention of France for the colonists to win.
-PJ
I agree
The 10th amendment is state nullification of Federal law.
OFail does not have the right to come into a state and do jack to anybody. If he was to be so foolish as to try it here in the South it would just kick off CWII. Maybe that’s what he thinks he wants but when he gets it I have a feeling he won’t be so happy about it.
Hey, collateral issues that helped them in the end, but they didn’t wait to make sure everything was going to turn out OK. They knew they were risking their lives and the odds were NOT in their favor. The point is they didn’t stop to worry about it. They were going to fight for their freedom.
If a guaranteed outcome is more important to you than your freedom then you’ve already lost.
No, its not "well accepted." Not at all. Its certainly dangerous for companies or industries with high debt, in the midst of unnatural bubbles. In that case, lower prices are simply a return to normal.
You need only look at the cell phone or computing industry to know your statement is not true. My present Apple 5S is now given away for FREE, whereas 3 years ago, It cost me $700. My didn't hundreds of millions of consumers simply wait a year, or two to get one? Why is Apple the most valuable company in the world if the price of their products are constantly declining?
Technological advancement lowering the cost of a few devices isn't the same thing as general price deflation, which is what you're talking about.
It really is generally accepted among economists that this is bad. The reason is simple. If prices for everything are dropping then it's smart to not buy anything now. If you wait, you'll get a better price.
This suppresses economic activity. Not good for anyone in the long run.
Why do you think central banks everywhere want some small level of inflation?
No, technological advancement occurs everywhere. It doesn't just occur in cell phones. It occurs in everything from farming to the production of steel. Why shouldn't prices for those things decline as well?
Why do you think central banks everywhere want some small level of inflation?
The so-called target of 2% inflation is absolutely random. Can you, or anyone, tell me my its 2%? Why not 4%? 10%? Please look for anything proving 2% inflation is the magic number - you won't find it. Inflation is a gift to debtors and always and everywhere a theft from workers (whose wages always lag inflation) and savers. You should ask yourself why you trust central banks to centrally-plan the money supply, when you would scream when like-minded apparatchiks try to centrally plan health-care or the food supply.
No thanks. Peddle your flame bait elsewhere.
Sorry to hear that.
Upon being challenged to defend your opposition to state sovereignty with constitutional-based reasoning, you instead resort to Leftist-style labeling.
Disappointing. I would have expected better from you.
Education has to be a big part of the 17A repeal. When more folks understand Constitutional mechanics, they will realize that the extra gear in between the people and the federales, in the case of the Senate, is proper and necessary. It must be understood by the people, they are not giving up their vote for Senator... merely, allowing their vote to go thru a "prism" to collect a state perspective.
There does not appear to be any hint of this article at the link.
Why does this article link to self.com?
bkmk
I wrote the article/essay which is posted in its entirety as you see it. It was posted on the “Bloggers/Personal” (not “Latest Articles”) Forum.
Riiiight.
If you're a Republican living in a primarily Democratic state, would you want to give up your vote to a Democratic legislature?
This is a battle you simply will not win.
I am a ‘pub living in a ‘Rat state, and would give up my vote to a ‘Rat legislature. I don’t think in the case of MA, it would result in any ‘Rat Sinator worse than kerry/fauxcahontas/the-swimmer, elected directly. But still, overall nationally, it would be a net gain for Constitutionalists.
Can they bones live?
Genesis 50:25-26
25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones [6106] from hence.
26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
06106 `etsem {eh'tsem}
from 06105; TWOT - 1673c; n f
AV - bone 104, selfsame 11, same 5, body 2, very 2, life 1,
strength 1; 126
1) bone, essence, substance
1a) bone
1a1) body, limbs, members, external body
1b) bone (of animal)
1c) substance, self
CONSTITUTION
con•sti•tu•tion
n.
1. the way in which a thing is composed or made up; makeup; composition.
2. the physical character of the body as to strength, health, etc.: a strong constitution.
3. the aggregate of a person's physical and psychological characteristics.
4. the act or process of constituting; establishment.
5. the state of being constituted; formation.
6. any established arrangement or custom.
7. (cap.) the fundamental or organic law of the U.S., framed in 1787 and put into effect in 1789.
8. the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like, is governed.
9. the document embodying these principles.
10. Archaic. disposition; temperament.
***
constitution
noun
1. The act of founding or establishing:
=creation, establishment, foundation, institution, organization, origination, start-up.
2. The physical or constitutional characteristics of a person:
=build, habit, habitus, physique.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/constitution
The Kabbalistic term associated with Joseph is Yesod, meaning "foundation," as in Tzaddik Yesod Olam, meaning "a good nd just man is the foundation of the world." Alternatively, Joseph is the foundation of the Jewish people. Had Joseph been killed, or disappeared in the slavemarkets of Egypt, the foundation of the nation would have been missing as well.
Ezekiel 37:1-3
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
Bob434 wrote:
>>> The Fact is that We should have never lost it in the first place- Americans do not have what it takes to defend the constitution anymore<<<
Ezekiel 37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
What's in an allegory?
Memory is the key to redemption.
May 18/19, 2015 (1 Sivan 5775):
>>>After months of planning and a short trip Monday night, the USS Constitution safely entered Dry Dock 1 at the Charlestown Navy Yard to begin a three-year restoration project, officials said.
The main focus of the restoration will be replacing 3,400 sheets of copper that protect the ship's hull below the waterline, Navy Commander Paul J. Brawley said. The thick copper hull prevents wood-boring worms and other sea life from attaching to the bottom, he explained. Removing the copper sheeting will also allow for inspection of the wooden planks underneath.<<<
>>>The purpose of the restoration is not to make the ship new, but rather to preserve its history for many years to come, Brawley said.
USS Constitution leaves the water for regular renewal
1 Sivan:
1 Sivan (circa 2105 BCE) - The waters of the Great Flood begin to recede (Genesis 8:3; Rashi).
1 Sivan (1096) - Worms Jews massacred by crusaders during morning prayers, after taking refuge in a local castle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivan
Matthew 2:13-23 is a story about Joseph.
God provides the cure before the disease, the mending before the fracture, the redemption before the exile.
Meant to ping you to 78.
If not for the 17th, at most, it would have perhaps eliminated any chance that Scott Brown would have been elected (special election, national concern over ACA). In hindsight, he never made much of a difference anyway.
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