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To: dcwusmc
What I said was, AFTER we restore our Constitution as the supreme law of these United States,

I must have missed the recension of the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. I know that sounds sarcastic but the last time I looked the Supreme Court was still basing all of its decisions on constitutional arguments., we still have a representative form of government with 3 separate but co-equal branches of government, the vote is still freely available to every citizen of age to vote, and the courts are still available for redress of grievances against the government. Now, every action taken by any government is going to either be accepted, praised or hated by different segments of the population. However; just because you or I hate the action of whatever type does not make that action defacto "unconstitutional" it just means that we don't like it.

55 posted on 12/23/2001 8:40:37 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Texasforever
I must have missed the recension of the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. I know that sounds sarcastic but the last time I looked the Supreme Court was still basing all of its decisions on constitutional arguments., we still have a representative form of government with 3 separate but co-equal branches of government, the vote is still freely available to every citizen of age to vote, and the courts are still available for redress of grievances against the government.

What's missing is only the most characteristic feature of the kind of government the Constitution would create if followed: enumerated powers. Each authority having a limited set of specified powers, and no others.

Now, every action taken by any government is going to either be accepted, praised or hated by different segments of the population. However; just because you or I hate the action of whatever type does not make that action defacto "unconstitutional" it just means that we don't like it.

However, the fact that an action violates the Constitution most certainly does make it unConstitutional.

59 posted on 12/23/2001 8:51:10 PM PST by A.J.Armitage
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