An old Constitutionalist

[Citizen]

Odd then that the framers created a court system designed to interpret what that consstitution actually meant then, don't you think?

In my humble opinion, the reason the Constitution created a court system whose power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under the Constitution, was to prevent the subversion of the intent of said Constitution by those failing to understand that as a written document its meaning does not change, therefore what it meant when adopted, it means today.

Also, as an example let me provide an imporant quote from someone who should know.
"On every question of construction (of The Constitution), let us carry ourselves back to the time when The Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed." - Thomas Jefferson

The constitution can only be CHANGED though amendment.

I totally agree that the Constitution can only be changed through amendment, not interpertation.

But NOT to protect the society itself? Odd that they bothered to mention creating a military, then, don't you think?

IMHO, in order to protect our individual rights it is paramont to protect society as a whole from foriegn invasion, but the Declaration of Independence gives us insite into why the Federal Government was established, and securing our individual rights is the main reason given.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

Also let us not forget the following:
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.
Thomas Jefferson

 

[RodISHI]

Hello everyone,

I am politically independent, and believe the Constitution, not our judicial system, is the law of the land, and what the Constitution ment when adopted is what it means today.

I believe the only way our Constitution can be changed is thru the Amendment process, not thru interpertation by the courts or congress.

I believe that our government was established to protect the individual rights of its citizens, not to control their lives.

Although I believe in God, I feel closer to my creator sitting on a log in the forest than settin among others in a church.

I am a male over the age of retirement, married with children and grandchildren, and live in Tennessee.

This is about all the personal information I feel is worth giving out, so I will wish everyone a good day and a better tomorrow.

Hi citizen. As layman and one of the unschooled/under schooled I still believe in the hope that the constitution should uphold my rights as an individual but have learned that is not always the case. That theory fades fast though when looking at the reality of what I have known to transpire in the last twenty years in the courts of this land.

"The law of the land" is most generally only afforded to those who can afford an attorney who has not already been bought and paid for or for those who has been blessed enough to know someone in a position of authority that can assist in any case that is presented before the courts that may ultimately show collusion of a few of the elites involvement.

Justice is not always just and can ignore the most blatant abuse of the legal system and the law when one refuses to sellout or be soldout in an illegal quest to overtake something that one with more power desires. Certain men will say that it is for the betterment of the masses when they take over another's private property rights by force of the courts.

USMB is a source of entertainment, a place to reflect and ponder all these thoughts one may have on matters. You can also gain a perspective on how ignorant and hypocritical people act when you disagree with them or their personal agenda. Enjoy.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Hello everyone,

I am politically independent, and believe the Constitution, not our judicial system, is the law of the land, and what the Constitution ment when adopted is what it means today

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Odd then that the framers created a court system designed to interpret what that consstitution actually meant then, don't you think?



The constitution can only be CHANGED though amendment.



But NOT to protect the society itself? Odd that they bothered to mention creating a military, then, don't you think?



You probably are.



A good life then, it sounds like.

This is about all the personal information I feel is worth giving out, so I will wish everyone a good day and a better tomorrow.

Thanks.

Actually the Court gave itself the power of judicial review in Marbury v. Madison, not the framers. Every branch and every state was supposed to be able to decide on the constitutionality of a law.

The Constitution can only be changed through amendments, however it is routinely ignored.

There wasn't supposed to be a standing army under the Constitution.

 

[Oddball]

Hi Eric!!

Have you changed at all from being the lowlife douchebag from over at Hannity's dump, who ripped off a bunch of people who were gullible enough to be sucked in by you??

 

[Oddball]

C'mon, Eric.....

Prove to the folx here that you aren't who I say you are.

I'll eat the BIG humble pie....With whipped cream and chocolate sauce!!!

C'mon..........I DARE YA!

 

[Agnapostate]

Care to provide details, Dud?

 

[Oddball]

Nobody asked you, plebeian.

 

[Agnapostate]

 

[Oddball]

You're over your head here ,boy.

Best to shut up and appear the fool, rather than speak up and remove all doubt.

 

[Agnapostate]

You're over your head here ,boy.

Best to shut up and appear the fool, rather than speak up and remove all doubt.

Not really the place for inane cliche, Dud, though I've noticed that you're evidently not able to provide much better.

 

[Oddball]

I never figured that you were so easily baited to keep the thread bumped.

No, I really didn't.

You're right....You're the only eighteen-year-old little punk who has ever been an eighteen-year-old little punk.

 

[Agnapostate]

Eighteen? Don't listen to deldo's lies; I was born in January of 1992, the month that George Bush Sr. blew chunks all over the Japanese prime minister. What the fuck's wrong with your memory?

 

[Oddball]

So you're an over aged manchild.

Like that's something to brag about!!

 

[Oddball]

BTW...

What happened to Eric??

After all, this is his thread!!

 

[Agnapostate]

So you're an over aged manchild.

Like that's something to brag about!!

No one's bragging here, Dud, it's mere correction that I'm after. But really, you come in here with your bullshit talking points from WorldNetDaily and attempt to spread the usual "government = socialism" manure, and then you whine when someone who knows what they're talking about schools your ass? Sorry to hear it.

 

[Oddball]

Oh, c'mon...

You can rant and rave in paranoia for at least as many paragraphs as sealybozo!!

You're lettin' us down!

 

[Kat]

Hi Eric!!

Have you changed at all from being the lowlife douchebag from over at Hannity's dump, who ripped off a bunch of people who were gullible enough to be sucked in by you??

 

[DiveCon]

Hello everyone,

I am politically independent, and believe the Constitution, not our judicial system, is the law of the land, and what the Constitution ment when adopted is what it means today.

I believe the only way our Constitution can be changed is thru the Amendment process, not thru interpertation by the courts or congress.

I believe that our government was established to protect the individual rights of its citizens, not to control their lives.

Although I believe in God, I feel closer to my creator sitting on a log in the forest than settin among others in a church.

I am a male over the age of retirement, married with children and grandchildren, and live in Tennessee.

This is about all the personal information I feel is worth giving out, so I will wish everyone a good day and a better tomorrow.

WOW, back to being a libertarian again?
gee, you were first a total bushbot, then you turned Libertarian, then you went liberal, now back to the libertarian thing again?
sheeeesh, Eric, you have more twist than a cruller

 

[Oddball]

Goddamn!!

Even Divey has you smoked out, Eric!!

Don't you got nuthin' to say???

 

[Kat]

Goddamn!!

Even Divey has you smoked out, Eric!!

Don't you got nuthin' to say???

Divey always notices things....after I tell him..