http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/constitution/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:53:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418417/posts It’s hard to believe, this New Year's Eve will bring to close the first decade of the new millennium (I know that some of you say the new decade doesn't start until next year but, lets have that debate on a different post) Some decades are defined by how people act during the span, there was the Roaring 20s, the "me decade, the "we decade”, the “Age of Aquarius”, etc. Others decades are defined by what happens during the period, the 30s will always be known by the Great Depression, and the 40s by WWII, etc. When we look back... The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418417/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:53:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418365/posts TREASON - This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance. The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. This offense is punished with death. By the same article of the Constitution, no person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. Huntington Political Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418365/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:38:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417792/posts It has come to this. A newspaper in one of America's biggest cities has so sold out to extremists, left-wing ideology that it has throw logic, facts, and reality to the four winds in order to sell Obama's socialist healthcare policies. In a recent editorial the Chicago Sun-Times has absurdly determined that healthcare is a "right." Unfortunately for truth and reality, the Sun-Times is simply wrong. As we all know, the Senate has been engaging in a debate on Obamacare. But back on June 16 before the lesser light of the Kennedy clan passed away, Senator Edward Kennedy included a... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417792/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:42:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417452/posts ONLY CONGRESS KNOWS FOR SURE...CONGRESS SCOFFS, SHRUGS, AND SPINS, WHEN ASKED ABOUT OBAMACARE'S CONSTITUTIONALITY How depressing it is to hear the contorted logic, from our leaders in Congress, when asked to site the portion of the Constitution that gives the federal government authority to force a citizen to purchase a health insurance policy... THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417452/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:49:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416951/posts I received an email from a friend advocating a "Congressional Reform Act of 2010" that I’d like to share. This legislation would contain eight provisions, all of which would probably be strongly endorsed by those who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Congressional Reform Act of 2010 1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below: A. Two Six year Senate terms B. Six Two year House terms C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms 2. No Tenure / No Pension: A congressman collects a salary while in office and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416951/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416505/posts As another year comes to an end, we are reminded that time continually passes, taking with it the societal trends of past years. Some things, however, are so essential to the human condition that no amount of time can erase their impact. This includes our need for social order to secure our nature rights of life, liberty and property. Out of this desire came the Constitution of the United States. It's not perfect, but it's the most perfect document which an association of men has yet created. Does it address every question facing our country? No, because it does not... Aberdeen News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416505/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416005/posts Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, considered a possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate, is calling for strict spending limits as states and the federal government confront enormous deficits. Mr. Pawlenty has proposed an amendment to the Minnesota constitution that would limit spending during any two-year budget period to the amount of revenue collected during the previous budget cycle. At a Republican fund-raiser in New Hampshire on Dec. 16, the governor also pushed the idea of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would force Congress to pass, and the president to sign, a balanced budget. "Government spending in the country and in... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416005/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:57:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415914/posts Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) spoke from the Senate floor again today on the constitutionality of the Democrat health care reform bill, saying it is not only bad policy for this country, but undermines the basis of our democracy – the Constitution. This speech follows on the heels of a speech he gave yesterday to the renowned Heritage Foundation on this same important subject. The Senator urged his colleagues to not assume the Constitution allows Congress to do whatever it wants to do; and equally as important ignore the Constitution question altogether. “The Constitution empowers Congress to do many things for... Hatch's Office http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415914/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:49:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415697/posts Who cares about the U.S. Constitution, when Barack Obama’s vision for America is weighing in the balance? Don’t count on the U.S. Congress to care. In the aftermath of the Senate’s passage of an Obamacare bill, Attorney’s General from multiple states have begun to announce that they are launching investigations into the legality, and constitutionality of the Senate legislation. Chief among their concerns is the possibility that that the bill places Americans outside the state of Nebraska at a significant disadvantage, financially and otherwise, to residents of the state of Nebraska. South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, along with the... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415697/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:26:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415710/posts As previously reported, the Republican Senate caucus and at least ten attorneys general are preparing political, procedural, and legal challenges to the health-care reform legislation proposed by President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-8), and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). But freedom activists are trying to encourage State legislatures in as many States as possible to present another challenge: nullification. Nullification is any action taken by a particular government that makes the laws passed and enacted by a higher-level government null and void within the lower-level government's jurisdiction, or at least causes enforcement of the higher-level law to... examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415710/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:57:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415666/posts See video at source Youtube, Glenn Beck Show, Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415666/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415664/posts Much fuss is made at this forum regarding the presumed haziness of the “common Defense and general Welfare” clause and the enumerated powers that follow in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. If you are not sure, or think this section is ambiguous, or actually does grant unlimited power to Congress you are in wide company. You are confused at best, but at least you have lots of company. Our 18th Century Framers were precise grammarians. It took months of often heated debate in the stuffy, hot, State House in Philly to thrash out every concept, idea, detail, clause... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415664/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:59:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415595/posts US Military Forces are refusing to take Orders from Obama unless he can prove he is a US Citizen. They plan Court action as theie Lawyers are taking Briefs as we speak. 2setufree / YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415595/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:02:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415575/posts Republicans John Ensign and Jim DeMint are reviving a 200-year-old theory to argue that the Obama-Reid bill violates the Constitution by making Americans buy health insurance. The GOP may regret playing along THE WEEK MAGAZINE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415575/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:48:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415511/posts What is Classical Liberalism? The objective of classical liberals is to free as many people as possible from the tyranny of others. Classical liberals believe this requires replacing public policies that limit individual freedom with policies that respect and expand individual rights and autonomy. Modern classical liberalism, sometimes called the “freedom philosophy,” was articulated by prominent economists and political philosophers beginning in the 1930s and 1940s. That group included Gary Becker, Aaron Director, Milton Friedman, Baldy Harper, Friedrich Hayek, Henry Hazlitt, Frank Knight, Frank S. Meyer, Ludwig von Mises, Leonard Read, and George Stigler. (Source:  Joseph L. Bast, Heartland... Intellectual Ammo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415511/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:42:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415297/posts Quite a promise. More than a promise, it is a formula for smaller government. In my last edition, Safer Streets 101: Only you have the power, I pointed out that only you can make things happen and turn around the idea of bigger government. David Codrea mentioned taking a new person shooting. It's very good advice for several reasons. You learn more about liberty and your sovereignty from gun owners than you ever will from your public servants, including so-called educators. You'll learn more about civics, more about due process, and more about sovereignty from gun owners than from so-called... LA Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415297/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:51:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414839/posts Now that we have been painted into a corner with the passage of this Constitution-trampling explosion of government, we have only 4 options left before things get ugly: 1) Vote them out in 2010. This option requires much patience and will not actually mean anything unless those elected actually reverse all the spending, bailouts and takeovers. Most likely, Democrats will be punished for a few years while Republicans ride the tidal wave of public outrage into office, at which point they will throw us some symbolic scraps from the table, rather than making a serious commitment to uprooting federal tyranny.... The Macon County Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414839/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:28:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415081/posts Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that Congress has the authority to mandate that people buy health insurance and that there is no constitutional limit on Congress’ power to enact such mandates, adding that this unlimited authority stemmed from the Commerce clause of the Constitution. And apparently 59 other Democrat senators agree with her. It is my understanding that the intent of the commerce clause is to assign the responsibility of regulating commerce (the transportation and trading of goods with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes) to the central government, taking the law-making responsibility for... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415081/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415032/posts The Senate’s passage of a massive health-care reform bill yesterday morning was greeted by partisan applause by Democrats, but President Obama noted that “we now have to take up the last and most important step and reach an agreement on a final reform bill that I can sign into law.” We don’t expect reconciling the House and Senate versions will prove all that difficult, but another aspect of Obamacare that deserves closer examination is whether it passes constitutional muster. Republican senators Jim DeMint of South Carolina and John Ensign of Nevada this week offered an amendment stating Congress lacks power... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415032/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:10:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414962/posts FAIRBANKS - A Fairbanks lawmaker has proposed the Alaska Firearms Freedom Act, which seeks to stop the federal regulation of guns and ammunition made and sold within Alaska. Republican Rep. Mike Kelly said federal rules should only apply to firearms sold across state borders, where the U.S. government has constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce. The bill easily passed the state House of Representatives in April after picking up 11 co-sponsors. It now sits before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Its chairman, Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, said he will schedule a committee hearing this winter. The bill could place Alaska into... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414962/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:41:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414854/posts Obamacare, as critics have dubbed the president's plan to socialize health care, will be flooded with lawsuits if it ever becomes law, according to an organization that works to protect rights and liberties of Americans. In an alert issued this week, Liberty Counsel, run by President Mathew Staver, promised his organization "is prepared to challenge the constitutionality of the bill since Congress has no authority to require every person to obtain insurance coverage and has no authority to fine employers who do not provide the coverage standards that are required in the bill." "In addition," he warned, "the bill still... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414854/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:55:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414690/posts According to CNSNews, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that Congress has the authority to mandate that people buy health insurance and that there is no constitutional limit on Congress’ power to enact such mandates, adding that this unlimited authority stemmed from the Commerce clause of the Constitution. If this were true, then the congress has no constitutional limits whatsoever. On anything. If they can regulate private citizens as interstate commerce, then they can "regulate" anything and anyone. This makes the entire idea of constitutional limits null and void. The federal government can require and mandate that all citizens purchase: Health... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414690/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414654/posts The Superhighway to Serfdom 23. Dec, 2009  Written by: Brian Roberts Comments (6) In 1944, nobel prize winning economist F.A. Hayek wrote The Road to Serfdom to describe the typical path tyrants use to lead free people from freedom to servitude. ItÂ’s not as long of a road as you might expect. In fact, itÂ’s easy to see that America is on it and the pedal is to the floor. If you havenÂ’t seen the illustrated road to serfdom, spend 5 minutes here: http://mises.org/books/TRTS/ (IÂ’d guess weÂ’re probably on step 9 or so.) The founderÂ’s were fully aware of the road... texas.tenthamendmentcenter.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414654/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:30:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414589/posts I am ashamed to see so many American politicians supporting an unconstitutional bill on health care reform. The government has no place in running the health care industry or forcing/mandating health care upon American citizens. This is an unjust action and form of socialism. The Health Care Bill 3200 is an infringement on our rights and liberties. In all of history a program like this has not been successful and has in fact, increased the debt of that state or nation. Lawmakers are employed by the people and for the people, not for yourselves and your own interest. To add... The Cypress Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414589/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:34:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414580/posts Beware of the Sleeping Giant– Sarah Palin warned the big government democrat-socialists: Tomorrow’s Health care Takeover vote Will cause the sleeping giant to awaken and take action. “Average” Americans will take action as light shines on big government growth and corruption. The democrats have bribed enough senators and will vote tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM EST to take over health care. May December 24, 2009 be the beginning of the end of big government socialism in America. We Will Never Forget. Gateway Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414580/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:20:08 GMT