Is there anyone on this site that understands the Constitution of the USA?

Question

Is there anyone on this site that has even read the Constitution of the USA? If they have why do they keep insisting that President Bush has done impeachable acts? Does anyone have any clue about historical facts? Does anyone have the slightest idea about the inner workings of the Government?

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00237
To all of the people that stated American troops was already in Iraq before the voting took place.
http://hnn.us/articles/1282.html
Historical facts.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the answer to that question, generally speaking, is NO. The worst thing about it is that a majority of our leaders in Government couldn't tell you what the Constitution says or means! Now that is NOT good. They claim to know the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, but when challenged with the documents themselves they crawfish away from the topic. We the people need to hold every single government official accountable for everything that goes on in the USA. Thats the problem. We have allowed the government too much power over us. That was NOT the founding fathers vision. I would recommend reading the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other literary works of our founding fathers to see how well versed and educated they were. Their grammar and language is superb unlike many knuckleheads we have in office now.

Anyway, I believe it should be taught and reviewed as early as Elementary school, because by the time the student gets into college, they are not interested. Generally speaking of course. Thats another topic in itself.

Great question!

Answer 2

Just the wishful thinking of the chronically disenchanted set. It is very hard to impeach a president and it should be. I do have to agree with you though that at least some people are clueless about how government works and what is required to undertake certain acts. There are not going to be impeachment proceedings for 2 main reasons. The first is the obvious lack of impeachable offenses when you strip away the innuendo and look strictly at the facts. The second is the Democrats will not undertake such an action without an ironclad case knowing much better than many of their followers how disastrous a failure would be for the party and their own political futures.

Answer 3

I'd be willing to bet that I am the only one with a copy of the Constitution and Bill of Rights hanging on my wall.

It's sad that in the "information age" most people don't have the first clue about the Constitution. This is probably the most important failing of our public school system. And also the reason that we don't vote people out of office that continue to support 90% of what our government does that is unconstitutional.

..EDIT. Bush has not done anything regarding the war on terror that is impeachable. However, his support of unconstitutional programs (welfare, social security, prescription drug program, etc.) is an impeachable offense. But if you want to toss him out for that, you'd also have to throw out every single congressman and senator. They are all equally guilty of supporting unconstitutional programs to bribe people into voting for them.

Answer 4

The Constitution doesn't define "High Crime and misdemeanor", so that is left to interpretation.

I think Ford's definition of impeachable offense is the most accurate: "An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history."

Answer 5

Because the constitution says that we have rights and that includes the freedom from being arrested without due process. It also says that the president cannot disobey the laws of the land. Bush has used signing statements to subvert the law and this is the reason why he is impeachable. We give our leaders plenty of room to do their job but that does not give them the right to break the law.

Answer 6

I do. I also understand that in a time of war, the President and the Government are allowed to go outside the law in the name of (and only in the name of) the safety of the American people.

You can't impeach a President for things you'd never be able to prove.

Answer 7

I have, do and still read my copy. He did violate his oath of office when he sent troops before Congress voted for this...this was not in his authority to do...now you will hear about the Tonkin Resolution but that was repealed a long time ago making the point moot.

He has suspended Habeas Corpus, He has directly interfered with the rights given to the States and hence violated the Constitution and his oath of office.

He has declared himself immune to the rule of law.....nothing in the Constitution gives him that authority or even hints that he has it.

Answer 8

The only possibly impeachable act Bush has committed is his failure to "properly" secure / guard our southern border and control illegal immigration...
The last president who could not have been impeached for this
failure was Dwight D. Eisenhower...

Answer 9

Yeah here's the thing

Tons of people can read and understand the constitution. They are not idiots.

Also, you might want to look further into who has the right to make and declare war. I promise, that part is easy to read and the answer is Congress, not the president.

Answer 10

There are plenty of people who understand the constitution. Its the ones who call for impeachment that don't.

To the impeachment cult the constitution is not important; facts and the reality of the situation are irrelevant. The only thing that matters is their pathological and irrational hatred of George Bush.