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And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« on: January 22, 2015, 01:18:10 pm »
The description of this forum: "Many Americans forget the words that carved our country into the wondrous land it is today. The Bill of Rights and the power of the branches of government are discussed here."

And yet I am shocked to discover that some citizens of the US want to throw it out as outdated and irrelevant...  Apparently they are either completely ignorant of history or have a complete case of amnesia.  They have not just forgotten "the words that carved our country" they are ready to dispose of them...

I do understand that I have to explain the reason for "freedom of speech" to the Europeans... we wrote that because of their attitudes and actions... but I should not have to explain it to a US citizen... should I?
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2015, 02:06:21 pm »
Maybe they aren't citizens. Let's face it, there are citizen pretenders all the way to the top.
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2015, 06:01:38 pm »
Of course it's irrelevant and outdated! It's about time you kissed and made-up with Lizzie (that's Her Majesty to you rebels). I'm sure if you showed a little contrition, she'd let bygones be bygones and have you back. If you play your cards right I'm sure we could even talk the Canadians into taking you on.

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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2015, 03:17:18 pm »
The description of this forum: "Many Americans forget the words that carved our country into the wondrous land it is today. The Bill of Rights and the power of the branches of government are discussed here."

And yet I am shocked to discover that some citizens of the US want to throw it out as outdated and irrelevant...  Apparently they are either completely ignorant of history or have a complete case of amnesia.  They have not just forgotten "the words that carved our country" they are ready to dispose of them...

I do understand that I have to explain the reason for "freedom of speech" to the Europeans... we wrote that because of their attitudes and actions... but I should not have to explain it to a US citizen... should I?

The scary thing is that our supreme court doesn't seem to understand the basic premise of our constitution... that the government only has certain powers and they are divided between the branches...
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2015, 03:28:29 pm »
>that the government only has certain powers and they are divided between the branches...

And they have forgotten that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"
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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2015, 03:30:45 pm »
>that the government only has certain powers and they are divided between the branches...

And they have forgotten that "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"

I couldn't have said that better... It's like the 10th amendment just jumped into your post...
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2015, 03:58:39 pm »
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The scary thing is that our supreme court doesn't seem to understand the basic premise of our constitution

not just the suprems.  look at what congress has done over the last few years.  they basically ceded power to the executive branch and through the exec, to  the alphabet agencies. 
we have 1/3 of our government that voted "present" for the last 6 years.
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2015, 05:55:35 pm »
If the supreme court would read the constitution and the bill of rights with the intent our founders had in mind, and not the way their political backers or PCer want, we all would be a lot better off. -Mike :angry:
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« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2015, 05:40:19 am »
Congress gave all powers to the executive branch through the Emergency war powers act and trading with the enemies act as amended in 1933. Every president since has continued the "emergency" through 1974. And it continues today. That act gave ALL power the the president including determining when the emergency is over. 
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2015, 09:03:11 am »
>That act gave ALL power the the president including determining when the emergency is over.

We call that "separation of powers"... ;)
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2015, 12:00:03 pm »
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« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2015, 10:47:04 am »
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Congress gave all powers to the executive branch through the Emergency war powers act and trading with the enemies act as amended in 1933

The war powers act is not the problem.  Congress has abdicated it's powers in all thing, and failed to act when it's powers have been usurped.  They have done this over a long period of time, but never more so than under this president.  The old guard ends up in leadership and the old guard is lazy.  They are happy to have a job with great perks and retirement and they don't give a good darn about what the people want.  BUT, the people keep putting them back in there, so the people bear the ultimate responsibility. 
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2015, 02:57:05 am »


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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2015, 09:20:54 am »
The Government's interpretation of the Constitution has divided this country, quite literally, into two distinct classes of citizens. One class have the protection of most of the Constitution, the other class have less protection.
Let me explain.
I have read the Constitution from start to finish and nowhere does it have words to the effect "This document does not apply to convicted felons or those simply accused of certain crimes". Yet a convicted felon cannot vote or own a firearm. This would mean if these rights can be taken away, then they weren't rights in the first place, and you now have two distinct classes of citizens, one who can vote, but not own a firearm unless the Government have said it's OK, and the other class who can neither vote or own any sort of firearm :shocked:
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2015, 12:35:43 pm »
The Government's interpretation of the Constitution has divided this country, quite literally, into two distinct classes of citizens. One class have the protection of most of the Constitution, the other class have less protection.
Let me explain.
I have read the Constitution from start to finish and nowhere does it have words to the effect "This document does not apply to convicted felons or those simply accused of certain crimes". Yet a convicted felon cannot vote or own a firearm. This would mean if these rights can be taken away, then they weren't rights in the first place, and you now have two distinct classes of citizens, one who can vote, but not own a firearm unless the Government have said it's OK, and the other class who can neither vote or own any sort of firearm :shocked:


And then there are people accused of domestic violence who have their guns taken away.  And I've known some very high-handed judges who take away guns from any man if the divorcing wife asks for it. 

Of course, I practiced criminal law for 8 years and none of my clients were murdered, then changed to family law and in 10 years eight of my clients were murdered (two in one case by her husband).  So maybe there's some justification in the minds of those judges, but that is assuming every man is going to get violent.  That's a pretty big assumption.  But I was handling more than 1,000 divorces a year, so 8 out of 10,000+ is a small percentage, statistically.  Unless you are one of the statistics, that is.
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
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BUT, the people keep putting them back in there, so the people bear the ultimate responsibility.
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In Nevada they do not allow write in ballots. However "none of these" is a choice. In 1998 Hairless Reed won reelection by less than 500 votes. Over 8,000 people voted for none of these. My uncle lived in Reno at the time. He voted for the other choice.
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #16 on: September 15, 2015, 02:07:42 am »
And yet I am shocked to discover that some citizens of the US want to throw it out as outdated and irrelevant...  Apparently they are either completely ignorant of history or have a complete case of amnesia.  They have not just forgotten "the words that carved our country" they are ready to dispose of them...


   I didnt read all the posts, but....  As far as I am concerned, those folks are not "citizens" and should be gotten rid of, rather than our constitution etc....   4 generations of servicemen in my family right now, and we will all volunteer to help with that removal.
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« Reply #17 on: September 15, 2015, 01:15:25 pm »
I'm with you OldMech.
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Re: And some citizens want to get rid of it...
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2015, 10:06:08 am »
your constitution need either changing or reinterpreting so as the CEO to worker wage ratio goes back to ~50 rather the 500 and increasing it is now. Otherwise you will have another revolution and another constitution and a lot of dead. Read this
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014

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« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2015, 01:59:05 pm »
The problem is not with the Constitution, it is the people in Washington who ignore it and spit on it. I am talking about congress who far exceeds the bounds of the constitution, the president who defies it and does what ever he wants, and the supreme court who fails to reign in the other two when they are not following it and worse yet, make laws from the bench.
If all laws on the books had to be reviewed and approved based on the constitution, our economy would flourish and employers would have to compete with high salaries to get people to work for them just like they had to do post Reagan era.
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