Posted on 08/21/2003 12:58:35 PM PDT by YoungKentuckyConservative
I'm in rage over the recent decision to again "erase" our history in Alabama. I'm worried for Judge Moore. I'm worried for the protesters that were carried off to jail.
Hand cuff yourself to an "old growth" stump and you'll be "safe guarded" by the police. Tie yourself to the Ten Commandments and you go to jail. More logic from the left.
Are any Freepers (or can any) in the generally locale going to organize a national response? Perhaps something could be coordinated with a concerned talk show host (Glenn Beck seems willing to take media risks)?
I'm pi$$ed as hell and need a channel for my rage. Unfortunately, I'm a solid ten hours from the area and I'd only be useful in organizing a "push" down to an organized rally. Not being familar with the territory I'm also not sure where the best location would be. Perhaps flooding the State Capital would be appropriate?
And please, for the love of God, don't ban my posting privs for trying to do some good and get a "lit fire" organized. I don't need any unnecessary stress at this point. =) Hehe.
God Speed, Freepers.
We need a massive march. We need a massive rising. This is America that's on the line.
But apparently not enough. I'm trying to avoid going "merc" while there is still a chance for reason and "power in numbers". It doesn't have to get that way if we don't let it.
Yeah. That's courage.
"Hey, why don't the rest of you guys go get yourselves arrested while I sit here on my butt and cheer you on!"
So let's take it to the capital. Bypass the court house. Someone loally needs to get the details organized and the rest of us "concerned" parties need to organize local movements at churches, in our neighborhoods, on the radio, in the newspaper, etc. Get the word out.....
Hmmm. I heard him discussing the argument that Judge Moore should obey the law, but I wouldn't say he was ranting against him. Fine. Envoke the powers of Michael Savage and let's see how stirred up we can get this event. =)
If you agree with the above, request that your representatives do likewise.
The U. S. Constitution's guarantee against an "Establishment of Religion" is not violated by the placement in the Alabama State Judicial Building's rotunda of a 2 ½ ton monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments and a variety of other quotes. To the contrary, interpretations of the Constitution by a U. S. District Court in Alabama and a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals do violate the Constitution. The monument was designed and commissioned by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in recognition of the moral foundation of the law.
In a 1798 letter to American military officers, President John Adams declared that "The Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the governance of any other." Chief Justice Roy Moore's installation of the Ten Commandments monument in the Alabama Judicial Building recognizes this truth. Chief Justice Moore does not violate the U. S. Constitution. The two federal courts who have ruled against him do.
By U.S. Rep. John Hostettler, July 2003
U.S. Rep. John Hostettler delivered the following statement regarding his amendment to prohibit federal funds for the enforcement of a federal court ruling that ordered the Alabama Supreme Court to remove a monument depicting the Ten Commandments:
"Mr. Chairman, in Glassroth v. Moore, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore violated the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Constitution by placing a granite monument of the Ten Commandments in the rotunda of the Alabama State judicial building in Montgomery, Alabama.
"In the court's words, 'The rule of law does require that every person obey judicial orders when all available means of appealing them have been exhausted.' In this statement, Mr. Chairman, the court plainly shows that it believes itself to be the chief lawmaker whose orders become law.
"But, in fact, Mr. Chairman, this is inconsistent with both the Constitution in Article I, Section 7, and, in fact, Federal statute, which says that the United States Marshal Service shall execute 'all lawful writs, process, and orders' of the U.S. district courts, U.S. Courts of Appeal and the Court of International Trade.
"In reality, Mr. Chairman, the founders of this great nation foresaw this problem and wrote about it. And when they developed our form of government, they said this, according to Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 78:
"'Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive that in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in capacity to annoy or injure them. The executive not only dispenses the honors, but holds the sword of the community. The legislature not only commands the purse, but prescribes the rules by which the duties and rights of every citizen are to be regulated. The judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society, and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither force nor will, but merely judgment, and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments.'
"Mr. Chairman, given the fact that the judiciary has neither force nor will, it is left to the executive and the legislative branches to exert that force and will. We have heard tonight that the executive branch wants to argue the Newdow case that was spoken of earlier and may hear that the executive branch wants to argue in favor of the display of the 10 Commandments in that case.
"We will allow, therefore, the executive branch to leave these decisions in the hands of the judiciary who, a few years ago, concluded that sodomy can be regulated by the States, but most recently said that sodomy was just short of a fundamental right that is enshrined in our United States Constitution.
"But the framers of the Constitution never intended for the fickle sentiments of as few as five people in black robes, unelected and unaccountable to the people, to have the power to make such fundamental decisions for society.
"That power was crafted and reserved for the legislature, and one of the mechanisms that was entrusted to us was the power of the purse. Mr. Chairman, time and again I am sure that our colleagues are asked about ridiculous decisions made by the Federal courts, and many of us say that there is nothing we can do.
"Mr. Chairman, today, we can do something. We do not have to put our faith in the faint possibility that some day five people in black robes will wake up and see that they have usurped the authority to legislate and will constrain themselves from straying from their constitutional boundaries.
"Mr. Chairman, it might be suggested that we do not want this legislation to disrupt the judicial process in the interim between the Circuit Court of Appeals process and the Supreme Court.
"It is not my intention to do that tonight. In fact, I welcome the highest Court's review of this decision; and I say tonight that if they get it wrong, I will exercise the power of the purse again and defund the enforcement of that inane decision. Mr. Chairman, today is a great opportunity for us to learn the powers of the legislature vis-a-vis the judiciary.
"After this vote, Mr. Chairman, and the vote to de-fund the Ninth Circuit's decision to effectively remove the phrase 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance, our constituents will ask us, 'Congressman, do we, your constituents, have a voice in these most fundamental decisions, and we do not need to wait on a new Supreme Court Justice who may or may not, today or tomorrow, inject common sense into the decisions of the Supreme Court?'
"Mr. Chairman, we will be able to tell them, 'Yes, you do have a fundamental say.' And it is for that reason, Mr. Chairman, that I have offered this amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Appropriations Act.
"This legislation is where we find any funding in any executive agency that would enforce the 11th Circuit's judgment in this case. My amendment would prevent any funds within that act from being used to enforce that erroneous decision in Glassroth v. Moore. I ask my colleagues to support the amendment
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to withhold funds from any enforcement action related to a federal appeals court's decision that the Ten Commandments monument in the Alabama judicial building is unconstitutional."
By a vote of 260-161, lawmakers last week OK'd an amendment by Rep. John N. Hostettler, R-Ind., to prohibit any money in the bill funding the Justice Department from going to enforcement of the controversial decision. House rebuffs court on 10 Commandments
PaulRevereSociety (Michael Savage)
He has set up funds for this 10 Commandment case and other causes and all $$ goes to the causes:
Click for online conribution site: http://www.paulreveresociety.com/10CommandmentsOnline.html
I think it is abundantly clear that our representatives don't get the job done. I do feel lucky with the representatives I have in Kentucky, but there comes a time and place when the people have to make their voices heard, over that of the politicians. It's time to take a page from Martin Luther King and "overcome", peacefully.
Who you going to vote for in the next election, anyway? The socialist (Democrat or a RINO), or socialist-lite (the Republican)?
And I have donated what I can spare. However, money isn't going to do everything. We need money and action. That's the only way to change things. I'm a bit dissapointed by the responses I'm getting on here. If Freepers aren't willing to stand up and do anything, surely the majority of America is likewise going to sit their fat butt down on the couch and eat a few more Pringles.
Who's "they"?
As for "tail between legs," I'm not the one attempting to encourage other people to go get themselves arrested.
Who you going to vote for in the next election, anyway? The socialist (Democrat or a RINO), or socialist-lite (the Republican)?
National Federation of Republican Assemblies does a good job of tracking/estimating the effectiveness of canidates most likely to attempt to achieve the goals stated @ www.freerepublic.com/about.htm
It's time to take a page from Martin Luther King and "overcome", peacefully.
Use every lawfull means at your disposal.
And resist tyranny of any in governemt with the "authority of lower officers of the state." A Footnote to the Political Theory of John Adams Vindiciae contra ...
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