If people in the USA vote for Christian Fundementalists to take over, would the rest have to respect that?

Question

There are two candidates who are radical right-wing Christians: Mitt Romney and Sam Brownback. They may be the GOP ticket.

If a candidate who promises to abolish the Constitution and replace is with the Holy Bible were to be elected by the majority, effectively ending democracy in the USA, what could the people who disagree with that turn of events do?

Answer 1

The problem with your question is the "take over" part. There have been extreme radicals at all levels of the government from the day we won independence. Whether in the Senate or House, in the Oval Office, and even on the Supreme Court, they have expressed their opinion and attempted to change the minds and political beliefs of the majority. So far, none have prevailed.

Let's assume that they were able to convince a majority of both the House and Senate to pass a bill outlawing the Constitution and the President happened to be a radical and signed it. This Bill, because it impacts the Constitution, would then be put before the Supreme Court to determine its legality. Let's assume that 5 of the Justices are radicals and vote to accept it. Then before this particular Bill could go into effect, it would be placed before each state for individual ratification. Realize that the Constitution cannot be changed without each state voting to ratify the change. If (and it is a mighty BIG IF) the majority of the states approved such a bill, then the majority has spoken and the Constitution would thus be outlawed. You see that, even to pronounce its own death sentence, the Constitution fulfilled its primary objective of majority rule.

Our Founding Fathers were radicals in their own time but they believed in personal freedoms and majority rule. God Bless them!!!

Answer 2

The president could probably suspend constitutional guarantees during a state of national emergency, he couldn't do so permanently.
I doubt that this ticket could be elected, and if it were, four years wouldn't be enough to make a change as fundamental as what you suggest. The President after all, is charged with carrying out (executing) the laws that Congress passes and the Supreme Court adjudicates. The founding fathers were pretty astute in protecting America from dictatorship, creating clearly defined roles for the branches of government, and within the legislture itself.

Answer 3

You'll have to hope that the Congress and Senate have some pull to stop that if it happens. That's why I am happy it is Democrats in there. They are a little more interested in going by the Constitution than the Bible than the Republicans are, unfortunately.

All it takes is a little history lesson to know that our forefathers wanted a WALL of separation between the church and state. Bush doesn't respect that. Look at his Faith Based Initiatives. What a disgrace.

Answer 4

It's on its way.. not this coming elections maybe not even the after , but I assure you there will be a Zionist Christian power , in the three branches that will control everything despite everyone else... What the "right wingers" tried and succeeded the last 10 years will be the future of the US of A.
there is more Jack Abramof on the making as we chat here, many Delays ready to spring out, and dozens of Gingrich planning the grounds for a Jewish State of America, that will stomp all other religious rights at home an abroad.

Money can buy everything!

According to the Jewish faith!

Answer 5

First of all, I don't care who it is, no one is going to be elected on the platform of ending democracy in America and abolishing the constitution (nor would any sane person run on such a platform). Second, you can't just snap your fingers and abolish the constitution. It takes a lot more than just the president to make an amendment, or, in the case of your question, abolish the whole thing all together.

Answer 6

the U. S. wasn't based as a Christian united states, it under no circumstances replaced into, and repeating this lie that it replaced into persistently does not make this misstatement actual. If fundies don't think it, there are some small documents they should examine, observed as the form, and the statement of Independence, paying close interest to "The Treaty of Tripoli" the unique pledge of allegiance did no longer have "under God" in it. That replaced into further in the 1954 under the McCarthy era to smoke out 'those damned commies'. Christians desire to desire? gain this in the privateness of their very own homes, or of their church, as they have the main suitable to do. Why ought to a Jewish newborn ought to sit down via a Christian prayer consultation in a public college? answer: he/she shouldn't.

Answer 7

The Constitution would not allow this to happen. There are too many checks and balances.

IF somehow an entire senate and house were elected as fundamentalists, then it hypothetically could happen. But the people would revolt.

Answer 8

We have the constitutional right to vote for a new form of government. Our separation of powers does not afford one man that much power. Constitutional changes need to be ratified by each state....Let me answer that this way...read the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES and the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE...then go back and tell everyone that the people of the United States have power of their own government not the other way around.

Answer 9

I am a Christian who thinks there should be more Jesus in America. I wouldn't even vote for him. Since that's the GOP ticket, if a person who was saying that they would abolish the Constitution were to go against someone like Barack Obama, do you think they would really win?

Answer 10

The President is not entitled to abolish the Constitution, so the people who disagree with him would include the military.