90% of USA's problems could be solved by returning to dictates of the Constitution. Your thoughts please?

Question

The Constitution is against getting into the affairs of other nations. Especially committing troops. The erosion began in 1913 with the creation of the federal reserve (a PRIVATELY owned company). I understand we had no choice but get involved in WWI and WWII but since then it seems the United States Constitution has been nothing more than an artical of ancient history.
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Answer 1

You, my friend, are definitly on the right track.

I have been back and forth on what the best method to get our Democracy back would be and that is one. The other would be a full independant investigation of 9/11. I'd bet my entire savings account that if they just followed the money it would lead straight to the same families that have been subverting our Democracy for the last 100 years.

Answer 2

The Constitution also specifically enumerates what Congress and the President have authority over, and the Tenth Amendment says that all powers not given specifically to the federal government belong to the states, or to the people. The erosion of that part began in the mid-30's, with FDR. Initially, the Supreme Court held much of the New Deal to be unconstitutional, and rightly so, but reversed course after he threatened to "pack" the court with more judges. Since then, the Tenth Amendment has been largely ignored and irrelevant. Here's hoping the Roberts Court can start rolling back the ridiculous expansion of the federal government, but I'm not banking on it.

Answer 3

I agree 100%.

It goes much deeper and farther back than that. The ball started unraveling before the Civil War. You could even argue that Marbury vs. Madison started us down the path which we are quickly accelerating down.

Consider an example: the Department of Education. There is no place in the Constitution which says the Federal government should have anything to do with education. Moreover, it states that those powers not delegated to the Federal government are RESERVED to the states and the people. If the federal government should have any role in education, they should have passed a constitutional amendment giving them that authority. This is a fairly benign example, but one which illustrates how powers have been mixed up.

Answer 4

When it comes to an International market place and a world economy, we can't go back to our isolationist ways.

I have actually read the Constitution. I don't see any part that indicates that we want to be isolationist. Certainly, we can elect a CONGRESS that does.

Article. I. Section 10.
Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or
Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

Clause 2: No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.

Clause 3: No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Answer 5

The Federal Reserve has never been found unconstitutional. And the Federal Reserve is not the reason why we keep getting invovled in other people's business. We keep getting pushed into it by the needs of Corporate America.

I agree that people aren't aware enough of the Constitution. But it's no remedy to stress it, sicne there is no absolute consensus on its meaning. Too many people, even in Congress, deny that there's supposed to be Separation of Church and State, even though it's clear from the writings of Jefferson and Madison that this was intended, and numerous Supreme Court decisions dating as far back as 1879 have ratified it.

Answer 6

Actually the erosion began a long time before that. The Louisiana Purchase is a good example. You could even go further, and say that as Secretary of the Treasury under Washington, Alexander Hamilton's expansion of the money supply was the root cause of many of the problems we have today.

Answer 7

There has always been debate on what is "constitutional" and what isn't. That is how some of the things you feel violate it are applied. That is also why we have a Supreme Court. The document you speak of was written over 200 years ago and as time changes things some things need to change! I am NOT saying your wrong but just that your blanket fix wont work!

Answer 8

The constitution was framed by men who aspired to live and to lead their country unto a Godly path. On that foundation, the nation prospered. However, greed and murder were mingled into the soil of our foundations. Since our religious leaders never asked God to forgive us for killing our gracious Indian hosts (who allowed us refuge when we were poor and homeless), never asked for forgiveness for mass murder of our hosts, mass theft for their lands and resources, we have inherited generational curses over our nation: Exodus 34:6/7.
What we need is an annual day of prayer, fasting, forgiveness and reconciliation--check 2nd Chronicles 7:14, and Joel 1: 13/14.

90%of America's problems are spiritual.
Just read the book of Leviticus, read the Torah, the Koran and the Bible--hath the God of Abraham, Isaac, Ismael, and Jeshua set any exceptions for whom He shall punish for misdeeds? Does right by might override God's laws? Did God say that if we ignore sins they would be forgiven? If we help the devil with anything, he will reward us with more.

Boaz.

Answer 9

I think the problem is with education. People don't know anything about the Constitution, so don't know that we are violating it in countless ways. This ignorance leads them to vote for people that promise to continue violating the Constitution. Ignorance may be bliss, but that just means you'll be smiling on the path to Hell.

Answer 10

So do non-white people then count as 3/5s of a person and would women be able to vote?