The Constitution of the United States and the Amendments
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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
CONSTITUTION
NDAA FOLLOW-UP AND FURTHER TREASONOUS ACTS
Directly on the heels of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), that arguably makes US Citizens detainable by the military, comes the coup de grace in the form of a new bill called the “Enemy Expatriation Act.” But before I get into this bill let me preface that with a few observations. First, our nation was founded upon the principle of individual liberty and self-determination. This is the belief that all men were created equal and endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights imbued within each of us at the time of our birth. We did not, and do not, derive our … [Read More...]
CENTRALIZATION OF POWER IS ALWAYS BAD
Today is an important day in American history. On Dec. 15, 1791, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution (known as the Bill of Rights) came into effect through the process of ratification by the States. Most people have their own view of what the purpose and effect of the Bill of Rights was supposed to be. Some think it authorizes Washington to enforce a nationwide free speech zone. Others think it requires the Feds to protect the right to keep and bear arms in every nook and cranny in the country. And others think that there must be a nationwide separation of church and state … [Read More...]
ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION
Some people seem to be forgetting that it is “our Constitution.” It belongs to the American people. It is not the property of the President, the Congress, or even the Federal courts. It is not theirs to tinker with, rewrite, or ignore depending on their personal whims and ideologies. It was carefully crafted by the founding fathers to provide a form of government that was limited, not all powerful. The Bill of Rights does not … [Read More...]
Wee The People: A Story About Freedom For Children Of All Ages.
A timely (and timeless) hardcover book for children of all ages honoring the ideas and values that served as the foundation of the United States of America. Sarah Palin endorsed the book calling it “A Fascinating way to reach and teach children about the history of our nation. ” This is a great book that should be read to our children. Every parent should get this book. Wee People Books … [Read More...]
ARTICLES OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Article. I. Section. 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Section. 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, … [Read More...]
THE PREAMBLE TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS
The Preamble to The Bill of Rights Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. RESOLVED by the … [Read More...]
THE FEDERALIST PAPERS 1 TO 5
This is the Project Gutenberg 1.5 release of The Federalist Papers FEDERALIST. No. 1 General Introduction For the Independent Journal. HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the UNION, the safety and … [Read More...]
FEDERALIST PAPERS 6 TO 9
FEDERALIST No. 6 Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States For the Independent Journal. HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: THE three last numbers of this paper have been dedicated to an enumeration of the dangers to which we should be exposed, in a state of disunion, from the arms and arts of foreign nations. I shall now proceed to delineate dangers of a different and, perhaps, still more alarming kind--those which will in all probability flow from dissensions between the States themselves, and from domestic factions and … [Read More...]
