The Merit of a Return to the Constitution
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, 04-21-2012 at 02:50 AM (4792 Views)
[QUOTE=Pericles;4368056]The core issue is that the intended series of checks on federal power has been abandoned.
The system was designed so that either the SCOTUS or a majority of the states could declare a federal law unconstitutional. This prevents a monopoly of power, which is the road to tyranny.
The other check is the militia system. By having the capability of a universal militia, the founders put in Machiavelli's dictum in THE PRINCE "Good arms and good laws go together. Where the people have recourse to good arms, no Prince dare make a bad law."
The hierarchy of laws is simple
(A) US Constitution
(B) Treaties ratified by the Senate
(C) Constitutional federal laws
(D) State Constitutions
(E) State laws made in accordance with US and State Constitutions
(F) Local laws made in accordance with US and State Constitutions
What is broken is the enforcement mechanism, which depends on an informed and active citizenry. Which depends on a system of education......... that teaches the responsibilities of citizenship. Socialists realize that controlling the education system of a country ultimately leads to control of the country.[/QUOTE]
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