THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION: WHAT DOES IT REALLY SAY?

Christian Law Association ^ | 2003

[djf]

Here is the only mention of who is bound:

Art 6, Cl 3:

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

[longtermmemmory]

In the revolution days lawyers used only two or three books to practice law. Definitly a Bible and a Law Dictionary. The others were most likely a copy with the few laws of the time.


Now we have 12 linear feet of new case law every year.

[NorCalRepub]

I exercise quite a bit so I thought I had a healthy constitution........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[djf]

Absolutely correct. And the government itself is aware of it, and by law, has created the annotated constitution.

http://www.eco.freedom.org/ac92/
2500+ pages of analysis and interpretation of constitutional law.

[Dog Gone]

In the revolution days lawyers used only two or three books to practice law.

America did inherit English common law principles which far exceeded the statutes in existence. I suppose you're probably right, but any lawyer with access to prior decisions would carry the day.

[djf]

The two books that were most widely owned in colonial America were:

The Bible and
Blackstones Commentaries on the Laws of England

[mrsmith]

Well, it won't get you in trouble with me.

Many Supreme Court- and even Appeals and District Court- rulings are a delight to read for their insight into the Constitution and it's history.

The rulings that bother me aren't.

[jonestown]

"The Constitution relied on the Bible" - Where?

Bump

[Dog Gone]

Wow, what a link! I spent 20 seconds there and quickly decided to bookmark it.

[longtermmemmory]

but those colonial laptops were a bear to put in a saddlebag.

[djf]

I once had access to a high speed link and downloaded the whole thing.
14.3 Mb.

[mathluv]

I keep an old government textbook handy, so I can look things up that I don't remember.

My granddaughter - 5th grade - had to learn the Preamble this year. She was very impressed that I remembered how it started. (I did not remember much else, but I could remember how it started.)

[Dog Gone]

but those colonial laptops were a bear to put in a saddlebag.

ROFL. It's because they weren't wireless.

[longtermmemmory]

that site seems to get the second amendment wrong.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Many of the problems we face today are a consequence of people's persistent failure to do so."

You nailed it, Supercat!

(To the original poster: Nice post. Thanks much!)

[mathluv]

'Article IV provides for Full Faith and Credit between the states, i.e., requiring that each state must recognize the laws of the other states. '

I am not a lawyer, constitutional or otherwise. This is what gay marriage is using. Why are the laws of some states able to do away with laws of other states? If a state has denied gay marriage, how can another state say they have to allow it?

[Tailgunner Joe]

James Madison modeled the plan to divide the federal government into three branches on Isaiah 33:22; "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us."

[Tailgunner Joe]

That is why so many conservatives support a Federal Marriage Amendment.

[Flyer]

In reality, there are a lot of footnotes to the Constitution which don't appear in the actual document and can only be learned by reviewing over 200 years of Supreme Court decisions.

My second option is to hang out with people like you.

[mathluv]

I will support it, but it is a shame that it is necessary.