To: BerniesFriend
Another unenforceable law threatens. Unenforceable laws create a policed state where what is not compulsory is prohibited. This is what we can expect when we lose the protection of the U. S. Constitution. Lawmakers can pass any law they please.
This danger to our freedoms and liberty could be easily removed.
Any new legislation should be required to carry a statement showing where in the U.S.Constitution such a proposal is authorized.
State lawmaking bodies should be required to do the same thing for any state legislation proposed.
Such a proposal is introduced in almost every new session of Congress by someone usually described as being on the "extreme right." It is never brought to the floor of Congress and is kept bottled up in committee or allowed to die no matter which major party is in power.
This is as clear a statement as possible that neither party is willing to be governed by the U. S. Constitution.
Where am I wrong? Anyone?
To: R.W.Ratikal
To: R.W.Ratikal
You might be wrong in your entire approach to the relationship between State Law and the Constitution of the United States.
Generally, if something is not specifically covered in the Constitution, it's left up to the States, individually. Remember, the States came first and created the U.S.
If the citizens of a State do not like the laws being passed by their legislature, the first and most natural and democratic recourse is to vote the rascals out.
104 posted on
05/05/2006 8:46:12 AM PDT by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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