Posted on 10/12/2005 2:31:57 PM PDT by Albion Wilde
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Please join fellow Patriots and sign "A citizen petition to restore Constitutional integrity to government, and entreat the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches to confine their actions to comport with the limits of Constitutional law."
Petition Text:
To President George Bush, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, House Majority Leader Roy Blunt and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist:
Whereas you have, in some notable cases, neglected your oaths to support and defend the Constitution of the United States; and
Whereas we believe individual liberty and personal responsibility, together with limited government, free enterprise and a strong national defense are the formula that keeps America great; and
Whereas we believe that the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence should and must be returned to their rightful place as the delimiters of republican government and civil society; and
Whereas we believe that individual liberty rapidly decays into anarchy and corruption without a meaningful commitment to personal responsibility based on our nation's godly heritage, and that traditional beliefs and values must continue to serve as our nation's touchstone and compass; and
Whereas we believe that government that is strong but limited best secures liberty, a notion -- Lex Rex and not Rex Lex -- that guided our Founders in composing the Declaration of Independence and its subsequent guidance, our Constitution; and
Whereas we believe that government that exceeds or dismisses those bounds becomes tyrannical, regardless of the party in power;
We, therefore, declare our commitment to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence over that of any individual or party.
Furthermore, amid the abuse, neglect and ignorance of the Constitution that permeates American government today, even among those who would call themselves conservative, we call on congressional leaders and President Bush, in their respective branches, to hence forward respect our nation's law by restricting the role of government to that provided in our Constitution, and to ensure appointments to the federal courts will do likewise.
We, the people of these United States, rightfully petition our President, House of Representatives and Senate to restore Constitutional law, and entreat the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches to confine their actions accordingly.
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I got this by e-mail from Patriot Post this morning. And signed it. Good for you for posting it.
I've often had the same thought. Especially about how the judiciary is setting aside the rights and duties of the elected representatives of the people. And how about that Kelo decision? Not to mention the ACLU's Marxist war against our Constitution.
They care about power. Specifically, they care about money and winning elections.
Your petition may as well be written in Greek, because you aren't speaking their language. Elections and money. That is the language they speak.
So speak to them in their language.
Don't elect them. Don't give them money.
When they don't get these things, they will pay attention to you, and not one single moment sooner.
Well the ACLU gets paid by our government to wage war on our government. That's an easy problem to fix :) Cut the gravy train and it'll fade out. While I understand your point about the judicial activism i think the real danger concerning that is we don't revisit the big decision cases often enough. If you get a bunch of idiots that are finding the right to urinate in public in the Constitution then you're pretty much dorked. Every subsequent case brought to them on the case will be decided based on precedent, not the Constitution. That is the travesty.
The problem with that petition is that it claims the president and congress have departed from the constitution and limited government, but it doesn't deliniate how.
I agree. Specifics are necessary.
The Declaration is a philosophical statement about tyranny and the reasons for separating from Britain. While a proper understanding of the DoI is a necessary prerequisite to a proper understanding of the Constitution, it doesn't say anything legally binding about the structure and scope of the U.S. federal govt.
It is astonishing that the ACLU, have not yet figured out that a government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.
Molon Labe.
Yes, that is the difference between the "natural law" proponents like Scalia and Thomas, and the stare decisis proponents like our new Chief Justice.
The natural law proponents believe in common sense, and the self-evidence of creation. The stare decisis crowd believes that no matter how insane a decision, like Roe, once it is decided, that's it.
It's not my petition, it's Federalist Patriot's petition. You have a point. However, I think they have a point, as well, and are trying to wake up their large readership.
Well, let's list the ways here.
Federal income tax.
Federal department of education (which has become a channel for Marxist indoctrination).
Usurping the powers of the legislatures.
Neglecting to use the powers of impeachment to control the out-of-control judiciary.
Anybody else want to add a few?
Well, one amendment I think we need would be: "The legislative authority of the United States is vested upon the House of Representatives and the Senate. No delegation of this authority by any Congress shall remain valid for more than 30 days past the beginning of the next Congress.
You need to get more specific than that. For each of these you need to specify whether they are a constitutional problem and why, and/or whether they are a violation of the principles of limited government and why.
As far as I can tell usurpation of legislative powers which I assume you mean "legislating from the bench" is the only constitutional issue you listed, and the real problem is that are elected representatives aren't excercising their power of impeachment.
I'll give you another one, that you didn't list but touches on the education department. And that is the use of Federal matching funds and/or Federal funding to intrude on states rights in areas not delegated to the Federal government.
Actually, Thomas is a lot better than Scalia in this regard; Scalia is more likely to defer to precedent, even if the precedent is flawed.
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