Posted on 03/23/2015 11:33:59 AM PDT by thetallguy24
There is a fierce and sometimes bitter debate among conservatives over an Article V convention of the states to amend the Constitution. Both sides have worthy arguments.
Opponents of a convention say that the Constitution need not be amended, but simply enforced. They fear that a convention will produce amendments that detract from the Constitution, leaving our constitutional protections of liberty worse than they are now. The fear is justified.
Proponents of such a convention accurately note that the Constitution has been effectively amended by the legislative, executive and judicial branches, but not through the amendment process set forth in the Constitution. The Constitution, as far as it is effective today, is unrecognizable from that fundamental law over government itself. Proponents are correct about that.
Judicial decisions have effectively amended the Constitution, conflating powers of the other two branches beyond their constitutional limits. The Constitution as written is no longer the law of the land. A government-corrupted version substitutes for what the Framers created to govern while preserving liberty.
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Although, we've had a Supreme Court over the past 100 years that doesn't like taking things literally.
“IMPEACHMENT”
IMPEACH
Congress has been unconstitutionally creating agencies and giving them the power to make rules with the weight of laws for decades. It is high time that stopped.
The quickest way to get rid of a bad law is to fully implement all its provisions.
When the lawyers end up with two diametrically opposed interpretations of what the law was supposed to mean, that sets up the crisis. When the opposing views are enforced to the full extent called for under the law, it becomes unenforceable, and even if not repealed, it becomes dead letter. Not an ideal situation, but some measure of satisfying.
For part of the electorate.
Again, "Governments...derive their just power from the CONSENT of the governed."
Ultimately, it's our fault, because we CONSENT to the destruction of the Constitution. We CONSENT to the ABC Agencies by falling in line with their onerous regulations and requirements. As I mentioned in a previous post:
Tired of a corrupt, crony financial system? You CONSENT to it every time you spend or accept an FRN.
Tired of a criminal tax system? You CONSENT to it every time you file your taxes.
Tired of the destruction of your 2nd Amendment rights? You CONSENT to it every time you submit to a background check, or ask permission to carry a firearm.
Tired of corrupt alphabet agencies? You CONSENT to them every time you submit to their regulations.
Stop CONSENTING. That is the only way this will change. Article V? Sure, but don't be surprised when you don't get the rainbows and unicorns that Article V supporters are calling for. Again, it's simple: STOP CONSENTING.
No it's not. They seem to listen to the Art V. rationale with their fingers in their ears, while the country is going down the tubes.
Nice speech, but I don’t intend to go to jail and don’t have the money to hire a high powered lawyer.
Indeed.
Which illustrates my point, exactly. We no longer live in the land of the free or the home of the brave. The 56 signers of the Declaration were immediately eligible for the gallows, yet they signed anyhow.
"My hand trembles, but my heart does not." - Stephen Hopkins, Rhode Island Signer of the Declaration
We are now so far removed from the legacy of the Founders. We are a Nation of pu$$ies, afraid of sacrificing anything for Freedom. We should be ashamed of ourselves.
[ The quickest way to get rid of a bad law is to fully implement all its provisions. ]
Sadly, Selective enforcement has become the norm and we live in a tyranny built upon the cornerstone of selective enforcement.
Article V ping.
So, tell me, brave one. What have you done to protest the power of the federal government lately?
Indeed - An article V amendment needs to be place that says no regulation is enforceable as law without being voted on by both houses of congress and signed by the president.
I hereby declare an old man revolution. What better way to spend my remaining years but as a prisoner convicted of fighting for our constitution.
thanks for the ping
Are there sacrifices involved with all of this? Absolutely. But you know what? To me, Freedom is worth it.
I'd go along with that.
You might be interested in this:
A little-noted masterpiece of constitutional scholarship by Justice Thomas
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3270012/posts
Downthread I posted the text to Justice Thomas' opinion. Also a direct link to just a standalone HTML of the opinion can be found here:
The author illustrates what people despise in lawyering. He reverses Madison's point in Federalist 49.
I'll be surprised if the JBS doesn't cite this column for decades to come.
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