To Get the Constitution Back, We'll Have To Rise To Rebellion --- oh ... still wanting more unnecessary wars, reestablish slavery, corporate thievery, and human rights abuses, eh?
you'll probably be happier in israel or iran. On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 2:12:06 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > [image: Description: Description: http://www.c4strategies.com/g1.jpg] > > [image: Description: Description: Subscribe] > <http://grasstopsusa.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=aca8d391b7110c56628ee19de&id=2ac47cc5d5&e=c506d16e1c>*Wage > > Web Warfare Against The Liberal Establishment * > > > > [image: Description: Description: > http://www.grasstopsusa.com/donfeder.jpg]*To > Get the Constitution Back, We'll Have To Rise To Rebellion * > > > *GrassTopsUSA Exclusive CommentaryBy Don FederJanuary 12, 2016* > > It's mid-January and the Iowa Caucuses are not quite three weeks > away. We're tired of discussing the issues—like where the candidates stand > on national suicide by open borders. Whatever shall we talk about? I know, > let's consider the weighty question of whether Sen. Ted Cruz is a > natural-born citizen! > > Donald Trump is skeptical. Lawrence Tribe, who teaches what's > alleged to be constitutional law at Harvard, says that whether Cruz is > qualified to serve as president under Article II, Section 1 of the > Constitution is hardly settled law — because the Supreme Court hasn't had > an opportunity to misinterpret it yet. > > Some conservatives think that being born to an American mother > (albeit in Canada) isn't enough to qualify. They believe "natural born" > means that not just you, but both of your parents were born in the United > States. While the left continues to use the Constitution as a battering ram > to demolish morality and representative government, we're reduced to such > silly arguments. > > For Republicans, the Constitution is a political prop. Every two > years, they take it out, dust it off, and pledge eternal devotion – then, > when activist judges use it to bend the people to their will, the elephants > in ladies undergarments do nothing to stop them, other than beating their > gums. For Democrats, the Constitution is a tool to transform society – to > impose on the nation by fiat what they could never get through the > political process. > > On January 6, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an > administrative order instructing probate judges not to give marriage > licenses to same-sex couples. Unlike those who worship or grovel at the > feet of *Obergefell*, Moore notes that such licenses violate an amendment > to the Alabama Constitution, adopted by 81% of the state's voters in a 2006 > referendum, and SCOTUS can't change the order of the universe on a whim. > > Moore can't do that, sputters Rep. Patricia Todd, state director of > the Human Rights Campaign. Gay marriage is "settled law." When leftists say > something is settled law (or "the law of the land"), it means the courts > have given them exactly what they want, and now the process is over – > permanently and for all time. Dred Scott was settled law in 1857. *Plessy > v. Ferguson* was settled law in 1896. Thankfully, neither is now. > > In its 1971 decision (*Baker v. Nelson*), by dismissing an appeal, > SCOTUS upheld a decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court that the state's > law restricting marriage to a man and a woman was constitutional. (Was > *Baker* settled law?) In *Obergefell v. Hodges*, decided last June, the > court's cultural Jacobins held that same-sex marriage was a right under the > 14th Amendment's equal protection clause. Other than the ideology that > guides the judiciary, what changed in the intervening years? Does judicial > mumbo-jumbo transform the intent of those who ratified it 135 years ago? > > Scalia said the majority opinion was "lacking even the veneer of > law" and constituted a "judicial Putsch." Chief Justice John Roberts said > the decision "has no basis in the Constitution... the majority's decision > is an act of will, not legal judgment." To support its edict, SCOTUS cited > what it called changing attitudes toward homosexual marriage (as if opinion > polls are a tool for interpreting the Constitution), and ignored 33 > marriage amendments passed by statewide votes between 1998 and 2012, most > by super-majorities. > > Before *Obergefell*, Brian Brown, president of the National > Organization for Marriage, warned that it was "1973 for marriage," > referring to *Roe v. Wade*. > > In retirement, Associate Justice William Brennan, the architect of > *Roe*, admitted that the majority of the Burger Court first decided that > it wanted to create a right to abortion and then cast about for ways to > justify it under the Constitution. Building on *Griswold v. Connecticut*, > ( 1965), which found a right to privacy hidden in the bowels of the 14th > Amendment, SCOTUS decided that (like Russian nesting dolls), one > non-existent right (privacy) contained within it another non-existent right > (that of a woman to abort her child). > > From *Roe* came 57.76 million dead children by the ruling's 42nd > anniversary, partial-birth abortions, 14-year-olds getting abortions > without their parent's knowledge or consent, and Planned Parenthood's sale > of parts from aborted babies – among other horrors perpetrated in the name > of privacy. *Roe* laid the foundation for *Obergefell*, which one day > will be used to legalize doctor-assisted suicide and other milestones on > the road to a death-camp utopia. > > Justice Anthony Kennedy (the Supreme Court's Soupy Sales) is the > author of the *Obergefell* opinion. He's also the author of the 1992 > decision in *Planned Parenthood v. Casey*, which reaffirmed *Roe*. In > what Justice Scalia has derisively called the "sweet mystery of life" > passage, Kennedy confided that, "At the heart of liberty is the right to > define one's own concept of existence, of meaning of the universe, and of > the mystery of human life." Thus the United States Constitution has > devolved from the best system of government yet devised to Zen meditation. > > Roberts, who chided the majority in *Obergefell*, himself has > played the Sorcerer's Apprentice elsewhere. He's saved Obamacare twice by > pulling rabbits out of judicial hats. The first time, in 2102 (*National > Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius*), Roberts was so > desperate to find Obamacare constitutional that he decided its fines were > actually taxes, even though the administration rejected the argument in its > brief. > > While the Cruz and Moore dramas unfolded, President > I-am-the-Constitution, announced 10 new executive orders to curtail gun > ownership, including redefining a gun dealer as almost anyone who sells > even a single firearm annually. Obama could never get this through > Congress, so he decided to combine the legislative and executive branches, > with all power in his hands. Similarly, he's declared a number of blanket > amnesties last year. > > Who's to stop him? Not Republicans, who fear that standing up to > this despotism would hurt their prospects this year. And they wouldn't even > have to impeach him (though he deserves it more than any of his > predecessors), just stop confirming his appointments, including his > judicial appointments. > > This is what makes the debate over the meaning of natural-born > citizen so hilarious. The Constitution is dead. The left killed it over the > course of half a century, going back to the 1962 school-prayer decision. > And we’re running around in circles trying to decipher a phrase which will > probably never be defined, definitively. > > This is a game conservatives can't win. > > The left controls the law schools from which lawyers and future > judges issue. (It decides the curricula, like Critical Legal Studies.) It > controls the media which shapes the culture that molds activist judges, and > then misreports what the courts are doing. > > And it controls public education, which refuses to teach American > history, including the Constitution. A survey for Constitution Week in 1997 > found that two-thirds of Americans couldn't name the three branches of > government, and 84% thought the phrase "all men are equal" is in the > Constitution. (It's "all men are *created* equal" and it's in the > Declaration of Independence.) > > The Constitution's framers understood that even their remarkable > creation was only as good as the people who would be called on to defend > it. As Benjamin Franklin replied on leaving the Constitutional Convention, > when asked what form of government America would have, "a Republic, if you > can keep it." > > We could get the Constitution back one day. Electing someone like > Ted Cruz would be a start. But even that is no assurance. We'll need to > raise up a generation — like the one that produced the Constitution — to > rise to rebellion and overthrow a judicial tyranny supported by the > political elite. > > *Don Feder is a former Boston Herald writer who is now a > political/communications consultant. 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