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( The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America declares:

" We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. "

Either the Federal Government lacks understanding in what the preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America ( are we to believe that they are that ignorant ? ) or ? they are on a course to deliberately chose to ignore what the Constitution declares.....

The US Constitution does not say " WE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT " of the United States of America.... it expressly says " WE THE PEOPLE " and in " WE THE PEOPLE " is where the Federal Government get's it's just powers from the CONSENT of the " WE THE PEOPLE " ...

The US Constitution does not say " WE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT " of the United States of America.... it expressly says " WE THE PEOPLE " and in " WE THE PEOPLE " is where the Federal Government get's it's just powers from the CONSENT of the " WE THE PEOPLE " ...

Oh so very true, American Constitutionalist!

But that the federal government derives its just powers ONLY from the People is the part we're all supposed to conveniently forget nowadays.

A week or so ago, the Big 0 was holding forth on "core American values" in some speech or other. (It's hard to keep 'em all straight; he makes a speech at least once every day.)

Anyhoot, he said these "core American values" were "enshrined" in the Constitution.

Ahem. To say that something is "enshrined" is to acknowledge that it is already dead.

I really believe that the Constitution is "dead" for the Big 0. We can pay our respects to the past and gone; but a New World is dawning.... And let's face it, a Constitution and popular consent are inconvenient to the New Birth that the Big 0 has in mind....

Thank you so much for your excellent essay/post AC!

The US Constitution does not say " WE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT " of the United States of America.... it expressly says " WE THE PEOPLE " and in " WE THE PEOPLE " is where the Federal Government get's it's just powers from the CONSENT of the " WE THE PEOPLE " ...

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