[american spirit]

I agree with a lot of things you said...finally. This debate has been good because it helps to draw out into the open many facts and misconceptions about our style of governance. I will add though there is no provision in the Constitution for executive orders by the Pres. or the Fed'l Reserve Bank yet we have both. My belief is that we've been saddled with "bad law" because of the ever evolving belief that it's a "living document" per the likes of the Clintons et al. At some point in the last 60-70 yrs. our country's course changed dramatically and the fed/gov assumed an inordinate amount of jurisdiction and power over WE THE PEOPLE. Some trace it to a combination of the Depression, New Deal, the bankruptcy of the USA, passage of a new act that created a framework for the administrative laws that control much of our political and economic system. (I'll find the name of that act and pass it on).

[wimpycat]

Well good, I'm glad. Matthews took his own weirded out ideas about the Constitution to the ultimate conclusion--he killed a cop and was killed himself. If he had showed the proper respect for the Constitution, the cop would be alive, and Matthews would be stuck with a speeding ticket today. Now, everybody has their opinions over what's Constitutional and what isn't, but if everybody acted out their opinions to the extreme Matthews did, the Constitution would be dead, because chaos and anarchy would reign, not the rule of law. Someone said it earlier (I forget who), but Matthews was an anarchist, not a defender of the Constitution.