When you were still in school DOES NOT count. Do you have a bible? The bible is to the church as the constitution is supposed to be to the govornment. The lies that spew from this addministration are toxic. If you believe one word that comes from this machine than you are indeed Americanized. America was founded on the people that fought so hard for it. "WE THE PEOPLE" Is not a clever way to begin a story it is the first law of the United States of America. Nothing in this country is supposed to happen without the peoples say so. That includes WAR and passing new laws. If you think for one second that you voted anyone into anything than you love to be lied to.
Don't you pass your judgement on me until you've read your own personal copy of the constitution and the bill of rights. If, after you have read them and you still feel as though I'm a "radical" or an alarmist then you need to go back and READ them again. The time to reform this govornment is long over due!!!
2006-10-12 18:51:10 · 7 answers · asked by quitbeing 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No but i have read the C.S.A. constitution.its the same thing.we lost much of our states rights and freedoms after the war. god bless the confederacy.yes we tryed. but lost. to free ourselves of tyranny. from the feds. Thomas Jefferson said we need a revolution every generation.It is LONG over due.
2006-10-12 19:00:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read it. I read it often. I was reading portions of it earlier this week to answer some questions on this forum. And you are incorrect in some of our assumptions.
In this country, we have, not a true democracy, but a representative one. We vote for the people we want to represent us to the government. After that, we have no control over what they do. We get control every two, four, or six years when we have the oppotunity to throw out the current stock and vote in some new ones.
The Constitution also says that the President of the United States is Commander-In-Chief of the armed forces. He can therefore order them to do whatever he wants. Now, the Constitution also says that it takes an act of Congess to delare a war. But it doesn't limit the President's use of the armed forces to only declared wars. The President can order them to go anywhere, at any time, and do any thing. All Congress can do to stop him is cut funding for the enterprise.
So, you are correct, there are a LOT of people in America who really don't understand the Constitution.
You're one of them.
2006-10-12 19:11:27 · answer #2 · answered by Chredon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. I have a copy of each at my home.
2016-03-28 07:10:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not looking at "We the people" in context.
"We the people... in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility."
That does not say, ask every Joe his opinion on every issue, it says that the people are trying to make a new government. A true democracy (which originally met "mob rule") is not an effective form of government. This is why we elect representatives. You want to change something, do it through your votes. Elect people with similar views. Oh, and why don't you go take a look at the Constitution and Bill of Rights while you're at it?
2006-10-12 19:18:24 · answer #4 · answered by Ian C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read the constitution numerous times, as well as the bill of rights, as well as the articles of confederation, as well as the federalist and anti-federalist papers. And I would agree with you. Our federal government has gotten out of control. But, the idea that everything is to be decided by the plurality of the people is incorrect. The only representatives in government that were originally elected by the people were the member of the House of Representatives. The President wasn't intended, or not intended, to go to a vote. It was up to the states to prescribe how they cast their electoral votes. They just happen to use elections rather than appointments. Same with Senators. They were originally left up to the state with the thinking they should be appointed by state leaders who were more informed on the issues than the masses. The President, nor the government, was meant to interfere with people's day to day lives the way they do today. We need to downsize our federal government significantly. If it wasn't for FDR's New Deal, we wouldn't be in a lot of this mess. He should've just kept his hands off and let private industry eventually step up and pull us out of the depression. He left a legacy of social programs that have bloated our government way beyond its intended size.
2006-10-12 19:10:05 · answer #5 · answered by Chris J 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I have read it since being out of school. I think that a lot more gets read into it than was actually intended. One must remember the status of the individuals who wrote it.
2006-10-12 19:04:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think they are making it illegal to have one......
That and they are dismantling it right before our eyes. It may just be a piece of paper before long.
http://www.socialistworker.org/
2006-10-12 19:00:31 · answer #7 · answered by GUMBY 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋