Posted on 05/11/2002 10:23:17 AM PDT by forest
Cite, quote, link.
Could his constituents demand his resignation for such an assault on his oath of office?
It's on this thread (that's my cite)
My source is the US Constitution which does apply to WE THE PEOPLE!
If you don't agree with that then please tell me where I went wrong, and my seventh grade civics teacher went wrong.
Which establishes a federal government subject to the restrictions contained in the first eight articles of the Bill of Rights.
Superficial research, not felonies. Some minor political value, perhaps.
Why is that? Can you explain? It seems that you are a smart guy with some knowledge of laws and such. I live in the State of New York, USA ! I'm an American, and I've always thought that the Bill of Rights and all other Amendments applied to all Americans equally. Isn't that so?
"But it is universally understood, it is a part of the history of the day, that the great revolution which established the constitution of the United States, was not effected without immense opposition. Serious fears were extensively entertained that those powers which the patriot statesmen, who then watched over the interests of our country, deemed essential to union, and to the attainment of those invaluable objects for which union was sought, might be exercised in a manner dangerous to liberty. In almost every convention by which the constitution was adopted, amendments to guard against the abuse of power were recommended. These amendments demanded security against the apprehended encroachments of the general government--not against those of the local governments." -- United States Supreme Court, Barron v. Baltimore 7 Pet. 243 (1833)
Surely a learned individual such as yourself would realize that there are alot of young Americans out there operating in defense of the US Constitutional Republic, who don't fully understand the language of that considerable document.
As I asked earlier, Have you ever sworn the oath to protect and defend against all enemies foreign and domestic?
I guess you've never met an Army recruiter...
Sure vote the bastard out! Look, when I lose the right to vote for my choice in elections then the revolution is the last option. The simple answer to gun grabbers is NOT TO ELECT them.
Explain state constitutions then.
Our Founding Fathers warned of such Tyrants, and reserved that ultimate power to WE THE PEOPLE. "The State" is WE THE PEOPLE and all government (Fed or State) works for you and I.
Is that correct?
I don't answer for Roscoe. Explain State Constitutions if all must mirror the federal constitution. Hint, look at the 14th amendment that the founders explicitly rejected with the 10th amendment. The Soviet Union had a constitution that was in many ways very similar to ours. They also imposed it on all "states" in their "republic". That worked out REALLY well didn't it?
When you've got a colony of rodents digging holes in a beautiful stand of clover... You don't cure the problem by bulldozing the meadow!
wrong grasshopper. Any more fortune cookie bromides in your quiver?
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