Posted on 12/30/2007 12:02:17 PM PST by wastedpotential
“They” don’t just round up folk, thank God. Treason has a legal definition under Article III of the Constitution. Conviction requires due process, including evidence obtained under legal warrant and the testimony of two witnesses or a confession in open court.
And a nice prison is still a prison.
“Just as with the Bible, the elements of our Constitution must be read and interpreted in their context.”
Oh, so not a strict constructionist of the Bible. Look to it’s historical context to figure out what it means?
...while calling the new nation "a people" at the beginning of the Declaration and by its end, "united" as the "united Sates of America."
No difference. It is as it was written. The history is God's history, in which we are players with and against Him.
And it is still not the document upon which our government was formed.
Impeachment is the proper remedy. Not arrest.
It is not the document which fumulates our government. However it is the document which provides for it and upon which our Constitution squarely rests.
IOW, We the People were "a people" before we penned those words -- thus we were able to pen them.
Our union is based upon the principles of the Declaration. Ontologically so; not just figuratively.
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I think it is for the whole bunch too, but not necessarily the number one job for the president. For a candidate to say that it is makes me wary. I would like to know more precisely what he means, but my initial reaction is repugnance as I see the candidate's view of the job as daddy/ protector. Daddy. Nanny. Same thing.
Thanks for the reply. The oath he takes is to defend the constitution. I think that is his number one job. All the constitution says on the subject is: " The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; ".
I'm not certain that can be translated into the creation of a protection czar. Since the constitution actually calls for the congress to call up and fund armies and delegates authority to declare war to the legislative branch, I think a case can be made that it is not the president's number one job to protect the country when certain crucial aspects of that job are relegated elsewhere by the constitution.
I have my own issues with the Huckster, but there is enough about his record and votes to keep any conservative full of ammunition without having to whip up anything about his weight loss, for goodness sake!
Having recently dropped 40 lbs through sheer hard work, diet, and exercise, I am proof that it can be done without surgery. Honestly, other than graphs about “typical” weight loss, does anyone have any proof? If not, why not go after Huck on the issues?
Exactly right. If a president could stop abortions, why over a million abortions took place in 8 years of Reagan? President Reagan was firmly pro-life.
THat's how you remove a member of the Executive Branch. With the Judiciary you just fire them ~ that's what Thomas Jefferson did. Cuts out the middleman and reduces the costs substantially.
There are prisons and then there are prisons. I was thinking we ought to bring in some specialists from Turkey.
Lincoln did that himself. Take 1863, subtract "4 score and 7 years" (87 years). That takes you back to 1776, and that is many years before 1790.
He clearly referenced the Declaration ~
He also said "Our forefathers set forth on this continent a new nation" ~ and you can't do that with out some founding principles. Lincoln then covered them, in brief.
We could go on and on from there, and look at his Second Inaugural Address ~ it's pretty good too. The Constitution of 1790 was more of a piece of paper to Lincoln than any Souvrn' sympathizer could ever imagine. His eye was fixed firmly on the founding principles ~ not the mistakes made later!
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