Congress and the Constitution

The New American ^ | April 27, 1998 | Gary Benoit

[Possenti]

But Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed a radically different view when he argued in a May 31, 1935 press conference that the commerce clause was written "in the horse-and-buggy age" and that "since that time … we have developed an entirely different philosophy." "We are interdependent, we are tied in together," he claimed.

Thus began the overpowering federal burden under which we suffer today. When the Constitution is interpreted under the "living document philosophy" promoted by FDR, it becomes the "blank paper of construction" that Jefferson warned against. Philosophies may change, but human nature does not - nor does the nature of government to accumulate and centralize power for itself.

It's now obvious to us who the foreign enemies of the Constitution are. What worries me is how long it will take us to figure out who the domestic enemies are.

Great article from The New American.

[highlander_UW]

Alan Keyes also has written eloquently on the topic of the judicial assault and destruction of the constitution.

here's his website, Renew America: http://www.renewamerica.us/index.htm

I've got to figure out how to create a link here! Anyone have advise?

[Tailgunner Joe]

http://www.renewamerica.us/index.htm

[MosesKnows]

ours is a government of laws and not of men, a republic and not a democracy.

This is always a little hard to take because it is so difficult to admit failure.

The answers you seek will be discovered when you reflect on the consequences resulting from the nation’s ratification of the 16th and 17th amendments to the Constitution. These two amendments led to the failure of the Constitution and caused the nation to move toward a democracy. Nothing has stopped it, nor can it be stopped.

We the people established this government with the Constitution. We the people also turned a blind eye when candidates for elected office offered unconstitutional favors from the public treasury in exchange for our votes.

If you were to doubt this assertion then offer in rebuttal any political topic or issue that is controversial and constitutional.

[LiteKeeper]

finish reading later

[A Navy Vet]

Veterans for Constitutional Restoration bump.

An Oath is Forever...against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

[A Navy Vet]

FYI...a good article for VetsCoR files.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

Congress defends the Constitution, they just make believe the new interpretation of the Constitution supports their agenda and then proceed to pass any laws they desire. After all as Al Gore claimed it a living document so it has no fixed meaning.

[highlander_UW]

thanks for the help!

[sauropod]

read later.

[Eastbound]

Excellent essay! Many thanks. Bump for later.

[secretagent]

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union,...

Authority for union legislation.

[deport]

Anyone have advise?

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Advise

[highlander_UW]

Thanks deport! I had tried the text as it works on some sites, but it wasn't functioning, now I see it's the a href= command.

[deport]

The text works here also if you have no other HTML commands within the post..... Also paragraphs and line breaks are just like in a word processor program.

Note info at the very bottom of the post reply page.....

[NormsRevenge]

Happy New Year BUMP

[I got the rope]

bttt

[The_Eaglet]

Thanks for posting this article.

Happy New Year!

[sixmil]

This lack of interest in the Constitution was vividly displayed early last year when a group of "experts" appealed to the House International Relations Committee to support the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Population Assistance Program.

Not only unconstitutional, stupid, and wasteful, but also redundant in the era of unilateral free trade and borders wide open.