responsibility and neglected their duties. It's long past time that we remind them of this with that
proverbial trip to the woodshed if necessary. Spare the rod, and spoil the rotten child type of thing.
Each branch of gooberment needs a 'reminder' of this fact that it's "WE THE PEOPLE" that have the
power and are in charge; not the other way around. All of us seem to have forgotten that important detail.
Voting and complaining hasn't done a dam* bit of good.....time to take it up a notch.
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Yes and they are doing that. If you don't think s you are free to change that in several ways. Complaining is just one of them.
Have you ever SEEN the constitution? If you will read it im sure you will come to a understanding of how the SCOTUS works.
Once Again Im left wondering if you have read the constitution. it provides lots of remedies.
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I've not only SEEN the constitution in person, but have subsequently read it
many times over the years......can you say as much? The
ONE remedy that
you and others seem to deliberately overlook, is the all that is left us who
truly love what this country means and has meant to many. Short of
ALL those
firmly embedded in their cushy federal pensioned jobs and impervious to the normal
voibels of mere mortals, suddenly deciding to up and quit or resign their positions of power......
much, more serious and drastic actions will have to be taken to regain control and set the ship
back on her course. Anything less, will see her tossed upon the rocks of destruction with all hands lost.
Have you read on how the constitution came to be?
Here's a refresher course:
History of the Constitution
A written document executed by representatives of the people of the United States as the absolute rule
of action and decision for all branches and officers of the government, and with which all subsequent laws
and ordinances must be in accordance unless it has been changed by a constitutional amendment by the authority that created it.
For over two hundred years, the Constitution of the United States has served as the foundation for U.S. government.
Created in 1787, the U.S. Constitution establishes and defines the basic outlines of a national government that joins
the states in an effective political union. The U.S. Constitution has been and remains one of the most enduring political
agreements in the history of the world. Throughout its existence, it has served as an inspiring example of the potential
of constitutional government, causing many other countries and peoples to emulate its provisions.
According to Article VI of the Constitution, the U.S. Constitution is "the supreme Law of the Land."
All other laws and judicial decisions are subject to its mandates.
The Constitution therefore has higher authority than all other laws in the nation, including statutes
and laws passed by Congress and state legislatures. Unlike those other laws, the Constitution may be changed,
or amended, only in special ways that reflect its character as a demonstration of the people's will.
The original document of the U.S. Constitution is held at the National Archives, in Washington, D.C.
When the United States declared itself a country separate from Great Britain in 1776, it did not have a written constitution.
Instead, the thirteen former colonies each had their own sovereignty and separate bodies of law. How the newly formed
United States would act as one nation remained uncertain and undefined. The Continental Congress, the first national
legislative body of the new nation, attempted to address this state of affairs by drafting the nation's first constitution,
the Articles of Confederation, which were ratified in 1781, the same year that hostilities in the Revolutionary War against
Britain came to an end at Yorktown, Virginia.
The Articles of Confederation proved an ineffective national constitution. That document did not provide for a strong federal,
or central, government and allowed each state its own "sovereignty, freedom and independence" (art. II). It also did not provide
the federal government power to tax or regulate commerce.
The problems of a weak federal government with insufficient funds for operation became apparent as a number of problems
developed in the 1780s: harmful economic warfare between states, inadequate commercial treaties with foreign countries,
and the inability to raise an army to oppose British troops in the Northwest Territory. Particularly disturbing for many critics
of the Confederation was the lack of a federal response to Shays's Rebellion in 1786-87, an armed uprising by debtor farmers
in western Massachusetts directed against courts of law. George Washington responded to this lack of response with words
that expressed his strong desire for a better union of the states:
"I am mortified beyond expression when I view the clouds that have spread over the brightest morn that ever dawned
upon any country. You talk of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. Influence is no government.
Let us have a government by which our lives, liberties and properties will be secured; or let us know the worst at once."
Seeking to address the inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation, the Continental Congress called for the Constitutional Convention
to create a better basis for union between the states. The convention began in Philadelphia on May 25, 1787, with the original intention
of amending the Articles of Confederation. However, the delegates — including Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison,
and George Washington — soon planned an entirely new constitution.
Fifty-five delegates representing twelve states (all but Rhode Island) discussed different plans for a federal government.
They agreed to create a government consisting of three separate branches — executive, legislative, and judicial —
with checks and balances to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful. However, they disagreed strongly over particulars.
For example, two plans for representation in a national legislature competed for the loyalty of delegates. The so-called Virginia Plan,
presented by Edmund Randolph and designed by James Madison, called for a bicameral, or two-house, legislature. Representation in
the lower house would be proportional to population, and representation in the upper house would be elected by the lower house.
Delegates from small states felt that such a plan would give too much power to large states. They favored the New Jersey Plan,
which called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation to each state. Delegates settled the issue by voting for a compromise plan —
called the Great Compromise, or the Connecticut Compromise — which established a Senate that gave each state two representatives
and a House of Representatives that granted each state a number of representatives proportional to its population.
On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine delegates signed the completed Constitution. In subsequent months, the document
went before each of the states for ratification. The ratification process was accompanied by a spirited debate on the merits
of the Constitution. The Federalists, on one side of the debate, supported ratification. Federalist leaders Alexander Hamilton,
John Jay, and James Madison argued eloquently on behalf of the Constitution in a series of newspaper essays that were published
as The Federalist papers. Those opposed to the Constitution were called the Anti-Federalists.
The ratification process, as contained in Article VII of the Constitution, required that nine of the thirteen states
approve the Constitution in special conventions. Within ten months after the Constitution was completed,
ten states had ratified it. Rhode Island was the last of the thirteen states to ratify the Constitution, on May 29, 1790,
officially making the Constitution the highest law of the land.
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Info on the National Archives:
http://www.archives.gov/locations/ and
http://www.archives.gov/locations/why-visit.html
