GUEST COLUMN: Constitutional government – is it really present in our country?
By Alexander Daube; Alexander Daube | |
Proquest LLC |
If you asked average Americans if they were living under constitutional government, most would say yes. After all, our legislators all claim to obey the U.S. Constitution, and we have a
But to really answer the question, the term must first be defined.
What is constitutional government?
The answer, in short, is "government which obeys the Constitution."
But how can we know if government is obeying it?
That's the million-dollar question, and many tricks, evasions, half-truths and lies have been used to obscure the answer. So let's try to find the truth.
To begin, the U.S. Constitution created the federal government. It is the covenant between We The People and our government, and it is the supreme law of the land, standing above the president,
Q: What form of government does the Constitution establish?
Our Founding Fathers feared an all-powerful central government, so they gave us a Constitution, which severely limited its power in order to protect us.
It establishes a limited federal government, with few powers delegated (given) to it. These powers are specified in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, and in the Amendments.
All powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states and the people, and the Ninth and 10th Amendments were added to make that critical fact very clear. When the government makes any law which is outside of its delegated powers, it is usurping power and violating the Constitution. Such laws are illegal, although the concept of illegal laws can be a brain twister. Here are some relevant quotes:
"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite." -
"Whenever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force." -
"All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution, are null and void." - Chief
Q: What's the situation today?
Today we have exactly what our Founding Fathers feared: a federal government that has broken out of its constitutional cage, and is growing without limit in power and control over our lives.
Some examples of illegal agencies and laws which the corruptocrats in
It's been estimated that perhaps half of federal laws and agencies are unconstitutional. For an in-depth analysis of our plight, read Judge
Q: How did they get away with that?
The power-grabbers in government don't want their power limited, and so they came up with some clever methods to evade constitutional intent: the "commerce clause," the "general welfare clause," the "necessary and proper clause," and the idea that the Constitution is a "living document."
None of these justify the wholesale abandonment of constitutional limits which we have today, but they're sufficient to confuse enough people to get away with it. What we have is essentially an end-run around the Constitution, without the knowledge of most Americans.
Q: What's the solution?
What we need is a return to "original intent," which means that congress, the president, and the supreme court must obey the original intent of the Constitution and the men who created it.
Unfortunately, that's the last thing our lawless lawmakers want.
What we're living under today is not constitutional government, but a sham, a shadow, a hollowed-out shell of what was once our legal government. It could accurately be called a federal regime, ruled by power-hungry politicians who ignore and subvert the Constitution with almost every vote. Only a grass-roots awakening of the American people can bring our freedom back.
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is a freelance writer and an area coordinator for the
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