Liberal Conservatism: A Bane to the Survival of a Constitutional Republic (taking on the GOP elite)

Constitutionally Speaking ^ | Aug. 17, 2010 | constitutionallyspeaking aka patlin

[patlin]

The art of interpretaing the Constitution & the original intent of the founders is not rocket science. As Justice Joseph Story stated, it’s mostly just good ole plain & obvious common sense:

In the first place, then, every word employed in the constitution is to be expounded in its plain, obvious, and common sense, unless the context furnishes some ground to control, qualify, or enlarge it. Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or for the exercise of philosophical acuteness, or juridical research. They are instruments of a practical nature, founded on the common business of human life, adapted to common wants, designed for common use, and fitted for common understandings. The people make them; the people adopt them; the people must be supposed to read them, with the help of common sense; and cannot be presumed to admit in them any recondite meaning, or any extraordinary gloss.

[patlin]

This is a long post with many links to hisorical references. Don't be shy, run for it & learn the truth behind the original intent of the founders and the original paths to US citizenship that are found in the Constitution. And please do not mistake the Constitution for the Declaration. By 1789 citizenship laws were in full force in the states & the only change was that they were ratified into the Constitution.

[TBP]

Don’t post facts like this — you’ll confuse people. Do you want Pelosi to investigate you?

[Uncle Chip]

Thanks — bookmarked.

[Louis Foxwell]

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