Note: I believe that this belongs in "Law" because the Constitution is known as 'the law of the land.'
It was.
Until Franklin Roosevelt emasculated it.
I am frequently inspired to construct an OP by some Leftist on the board who says something really stupid...or is that redundant?....but never more so than by a recent such individual who freely unfurled his true colors.
"Karl Marx had a number of good ideas. I am glad we adopted many of them. "
http://www.usmessageboard.com/history/341816-harry-truman-quo-vadis-4.html
...and....when I stated that Franklin Roosevelt shred the Constitution, he wrote:
"How did he shred the Constitution? Quote the specific passages of the Constitution that he violated, and explain how he violated them." http://www.usmessageboard.com/history/341816-harry-truman-quo-vadis-3.html
Well, then, let's begin.
1. Madison wrote, in Federalist #47, "No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty, than that on which the objection is founded. The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." The Federalist #47
Therein lies the indictment of Roosevelt's actions vis-a-vis the Constitution.
2. Here's how it happened:
In 1937, Roosevelt tried to pack the judiciary, stuff more Liberals and KKKers on the Supreme Court, and in 1938 attempted to purge Democrat Senators who defeated the scheme.
While his tactic failed, his strategy succeeded: he made cowards of the Justices, effectively doing away with the 'checks and balances' provided by an independent Supreme Court.
a. Democrat Senator Ashurst of Arizona, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time, denounced court packing as a "prelude to tyranny," but, when Roosevelt announced it, Ashurst issued a one-line statement late that afternoon saying he was in "favor of the President's proposal."
"No Senator can change his mind quicker than I."
Henry F. Ashurst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Talk about Lock-step Liberals.
b. Conservative Democrat Carter Glass of Virginia, explained it as follows: "Why, if the President asked Congress to commit suicide tomorrow they'd do it."
Sound like the ObamaCare vote?
3. Lest any believe that Roosevelt's actions were less than design, he himself disclosed in his first inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1933, that his idea of leadership had no boundary, and, in fact, did not exclude dictatorship. He made clear that if Congress did not follow his orders, "I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for.... -broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency as great as the power that would be given me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.... for discipline and direction under leadership." p.64
a. From Congressional hearings, 1973:
“Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency.”
Freedomsite.net
B. Other tyrants, the same:
"Obama vows to act alone if Congress doesn't cooperate" Obama vows to act alone if Congress doesn't cooperate | recordonline.com
Constitution be damned!
So....when one thinks about it, essentially, in the recent election, 65,899,660 voters cast their ballot for a monarchy, and against the Constitution.
It was.
Until Franklin Roosevelt emasculated it.
I am frequently inspired to construct an OP by some Leftist on the board who says something really stupid...or is that redundant?....but never more so than by a recent such individual who freely unfurled his true colors.
"Karl Marx had a number of good ideas. I am glad we adopted many of them. "
http://www.usmessageboard.com/history/341816-harry-truman-quo-vadis-4.html
...and....when I stated that Franklin Roosevelt shred the Constitution, he wrote:
"How did he shred the Constitution? Quote the specific passages of the Constitution that he violated, and explain how he violated them." http://www.usmessageboard.com/history/341816-harry-truman-quo-vadis-3.html
Well, then, let's begin.
1. Madison wrote, in Federalist #47, "No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty, than that on which the objection is founded. The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." The Federalist #47
Therein lies the indictment of Roosevelt's actions vis-a-vis the Constitution.
2. Here's how it happened:
In 1937, Roosevelt tried to pack the judiciary, stuff more Liberals and KKKers on the Supreme Court, and in 1938 attempted to purge Democrat Senators who defeated the scheme.
While his tactic failed, his strategy succeeded: he made cowards of the Justices, effectively doing away with the 'checks and balances' provided by an independent Supreme Court.
a. Democrat Senator Ashurst of Arizona, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time, denounced court packing as a "prelude to tyranny," but, when Roosevelt announced it, Ashurst issued a one-line statement late that afternoon saying he was in "favor of the President's proposal."
"No Senator can change his mind quicker than I."
Henry F. Ashurst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Talk about Lock-step Liberals.
b. Conservative Democrat Carter Glass of Virginia, explained it as follows: "Why, if the President asked Congress to commit suicide tomorrow they'd do it."
Sound like the ObamaCare vote?
3. Lest any believe that Roosevelt's actions were less than design, he himself disclosed in his first inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1933, that his idea of leadership had no boundary, and, in fact, did not exclude dictatorship. He made clear that if Congress did not follow his orders, "I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for.... -broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency as great as the power that would be given me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.... for discipline and direction under leadership." p.64
a. From Congressional hearings, 1973:
“Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency.”
Freedomsite.net
B. Other tyrants, the same:
"Obama vows to act alone if Congress doesn't cooperate" Obama vows to act alone if Congress doesn't cooperate | recordonline.com
Constitution be damned!
So....when one thinks about it, essentially, in the recent election, 65,899,660 voters cast their ballot for a monarchy, and against the Constitution.