It gets in their way. They see nothing wrong with lynch mobs as long as they have the rope.
"Everything about socialism is sham and affectation." 23.11; Ch23 Economic Harmonies; Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)
Liberals confuse the Declaration of Independence with the Constitution and quote from the DoI thinking they’re quoting the Constitution.
Only 10?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.—Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States
Change will come from the states, not DC; and it’s way past time for the states to begin re-asserting the provisions of the Constitution.
A resounding FU from governors and state legislatures in response to the edicts coming out of the District of Criminals will turn things around in a hurry.
The problem is they don’t read it, they ‘interpret’ it. Like the courts, and it ends up saying what they want it to say. It’s the antithesis to the rule of law.
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Okay, so we have ten reasons not to accept what is being done to our country.
Now, give me ONE solution to the problem.
The Feds often try to deny, hide and sometimes even lie about the true success record and legality of the practice of nullification which Does take place and has been practice almost sense day one by states.
Even the 2nd step of Interposition is occasionally threaten and even been carried from time to time by the aggrieved State and its people. The so called ‘nullification’ crisis was perhaps one of the most dramatic example of interposition(NOT merely nullification). Althou it is usually told omitting the fact that South Carolina got what it wanted, less prohibitive tariffs, and never surrendered its right to nullify.
Even said there are numerous other examples of interposition in our history from States in every section of our federation, from Ohio laws to cripple the Federal banks to the anti-fugitive slave law of the anti-slavery northern States prior to the Civil War. The history of theses united State is not one of ‘dutiful’ submission Washington’s edicts. That simply has never been the American way, much to the dismay of self-important federal employees both in and out of black robes.
Nullification of course doesn’t necessarily include active interposition of the State simply declare unlawfulness of said behavior and it’s own non-cooperation.
Interposition is the next step that is only rarely taken by States for good reason. If your going to act to protect the rights of your people you need a plan and the force & political means to get away with it. Washington may have few domestic agents(thus why mere nullification works often enough) but it does have a standing army willing to impose tyranny when Washington’s leaders feel they can get away with it politically.
The game for interposition requires skillful & politically talented State leaders able to play the politics of the situation against Washington and win from a weaker position. Leaders with talent like that are unfortunately rare, and thus so too is successful interposition. In the end you don’t get into that game until you’ve already arranged for its successful conclusion being a huge political mess for Washington D.C.
When they say they've read it?
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This is the Jeffersonian interpretation, held by people who had been opposed to the Constitution's ratification in the first place.
This is certainly a legitimate interpretation, but so is its Hamiltonian "loose constructionist" counterpart which held that if the ends are Constitutional and the means not explicitly forbidden by the Constitution, the federal government had a certain amount of leeway.
It's a shame that the Left has made Hamilton's interpretation anathema to so many conservatives.
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