Why has the USA been allowed to violate it's own Constitution so often? Vietnam, Korea, Kosovo.?

Question

That history makes clear that left unchecked, it is the nature of government to usurp the liberty of its citizens and eventually become a major violator of the people's rights; and
That, therefore, it is essential to bind government with the chains of the Constitution and carefully divide and jealously limit government powers to those assigned by the consent of the governed.

http://constitutionparty.com/party_platform.php#Preamble

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/9526/preserve01.html

Excellent answers so far. Thank you for the education.

Answer 1

These answers totally persuaded by the past and present propagandist! First we are told we have a democracy where you the citizen vote for seed planted candidates in a system where there is no uniformed nationwide consistent form of polling/Voting that is totally verifiable by a public check and balance method! So your vote is useless for lack of proof and verification! The guy above muse "stop the spread of Communism", was total spin during the wars he mentioned. Ask any Vietnamese citizen why do they think the French and then the Americans invaded their country! The true response they relate is the western world pushing their Christian ways on them,prior the french in Vietnam the main religions were Buddhist and Hindu No Christians prior! Any of this garbage MUSE talks is lies/spin that the powerful war machine corporations wanted the American public to believe! Closest i can get to the spin is Vietnam was a test ground for the U.S.war machine up against the Russian technology!

Answer 2

Getting involved in a war is not a violation of the constitution. And yes, it is a natural progression for a government to slowly try and take over every aspect of its citizens lives. This was a concern of the founding fathers, which is why they set up a system of checks and balances and term limits. With nationals elections every 2, 4, and 6 years we can to completely change the face of our government as need be. It is a priority role for the U.S. government to provide a stable environment for its citizens to thrive. Sometimes that requires warfare. Vietnam and Korean were a response to a real threat by communist to bring about the fall of the United States. These threat weren't imagined. It was part of the communist doctrine, just as it has become part of the doctrine of many groups in the Middle East. We as a nation have every right to respond to threats by outside forces. It is that policy that gives you the pleasure of sitting in your room and bang away at the keyboard moaning and groaning about how the American government sucks.

Answer 3

I guess you mean the government rather than the USA. The government (elected by the citizens) votes in proxy for their constituents. I do think the American people need to vote out any politician that only or mostly votes along party lines rather than according to the will of the people, however having said that last statement the government has not violated the constitution since we, the people, have given them our voice and they took us to war. One of the things that seems strange is that the Democrats have made it sound like President Bush is solely responsible for us going to war in Iraq but note he did so after the majority of Congress voted in favor of it. Whether you believe in the War or not, the government as a whole took us to war and bears that responsiblity.

Answer 4

U.S. politics has been power driven by the wealthy since 1776. The good old boy systems have always had willing cannon fodder to stir up to fight while the ruling partieds sit back and reap the rewards of the upper classes. Military schools put out officers and gentlemen who often took advantage of this and though their were some notable military that made it to government, most were corrupted by bribes and status much like the ruling houses in Europe. Term limitations and a equal distribution of campaign fund would even the playing field, not how much money you could throw at it. .The only good to come out of this system is the dislike for: a war to upset the balance, SEE http://thermonuclearwarfare.com

Answer 5

none of those instances have violated the us constitution. I keep a copy of the constitution next to my bed, and another on the wall of my office (right next to the declaration). I also keep the complete collection of federalist papers on my bookshelf in my bedroom.

Congress declares war, but has within it the power to allow the president to act in a military way. Congress made those steps with the war powers act and other similar legislative steps. It is not a constitutional violation. if you disagree with the process, elect people who will repeal those legislative steps. But do not misinform your fellow Americans under a banner of unreason using empty rhetoric. Have the courage to actually know what you are talking about.

Answer 6

And the Constitution Party is going to make all that right? I think the National Socialist German Workers Party had a similar spiel back about 70 years ago.

Answer 7

1st, you havn't shown how the USA has violated its own constitution. If you are talking about war without congress declaring war, there is an amendment about that.

2nd if the USA were to violate its own constitution, who would regulate that other than the USA?

Answer 8

don't belive everything you read on the web or be fooled by a "for America" name of a group, George Soros is a good example of that, he's anti- America but uses catchy names, like moveon and freepress

Answer 9

Is there a question in your broad brush indictment?