The Constitution Of The United States

I am sad to say but I believe we now live in a post Constitutional age in America. It is Post Constitutional and Pre Dictatorship. I am a student of history. I like to think of myself as an historian. I have a massive library that I have assembled going back 35 plus years. I have studied history in college in the undergraduate and graduate levels and I listen on a regular basis to all the top history professors of the nation by audio and video CD's and DVD's. I observe the news. I like to look at the newspapers and the cable news programs. I try to look at all of them and survey all. I watch. I listen. I meditate on what I have seen.

My conclusion, our Constitution is dead for all practical purposes. However, most in the Nation do not see such. However, many do. More and more Americans are waking up. But, is it too late? I believe what you are seeing now has been planned by powerful people for a long time. The plan was a gradual destruction of our Constitution and moving it first to Socialism and then to Dictatorship. If such succeeds it will plunge America into absolute destruction and economic ruin. We will be a 3rd world nation. Gone will be the days of invention and innovation. Government will control everything.

How did this happen? Well, that is a long and complicated study. Books will one day be written on how America declined and lost its freedoms. For now, I pose these observations.

First, notice how no one any longer talks of an Amendment to our Constitution. We have a Constitution. It is to be honored and respected and obeyed. The courts and even the Supreme Court is bound by an Oath to uphold that Constitution. However, more and more they make rulings that the Constitution no where authorizes. If the Nation desires this and that then they need to go through the Amendment process. You no longer hear of any desire for an Amendment because as the government functions now, there is no need for such. The last Amendment was added in 1992. It was first introduced in 1789. So, the great issues of our present day are not even being looked at as to an Amendment.

Amazing. The last Amendment is the 27th Amendment that basically says that Congress cannot raise its pay while in office but any future pay increases will take effect in the next elected Congress. That is it. The U.S. Constitution does not authorize abortion but the Supreme Court said it did. If we wanted such we should have gone for an Amendment. The court created the authority for such out of thin air and got by with it. Those that voted for such violated their oath of office and should have been immediately impeached and removed. The high court recently supported Obama Care. Again, the congress said that forcing Americans to buy health care was no tax. The court understood that such would be and is unconstitutional and thus it would have to be struck down. However, the court decided to redefine the Obama Care law and declared it a tax and thus authorized it. Again, those voting for such violated their oath of office and should have immediately been impeached. Now, the high court has ruled that gay marriage is to be the law of the land. In two rulings yesterday they set the stage. How could anyone believe that our beloved Constitution ever sanctioned gay marriage. If you want such then you must have an amendment to the Constitution. The high court ignored such and ruled and made the Constitution fit the situation. At least they should have allowed the states to make such decisions seeing how marriage and family law is governed by each state. On and on we could go. More and more rulings that have no Constitutional basis. More and more the law of our Constitution is being usurped and trampled upon. Even now the rights of Americans are being removed. Often the people vote in majority on an issue and Courts throw it out. More and more they throw out the elected will of the citizens.

I saw yesterday a gay activist declare that she hoped the members of the high court that voted no to gay marriage would have a change of mind and realizing the changing climate in America. What!!!!! The high court is to review the Constitution and make rulings on what is stated and not based on the mood of the nation. Amazing. Absolutely amazing! We have lost it. We have lost it big time.

We do not need an Amendment to the Constitution, any amendment because the courts and the legislative and the executive branches of government do whatever they wish and find some legal standing to justify it and make it fit the Constitution. The Commerce clause of our beloved Constitution has been used to justify every overreaching power of government.

Another observation is this. I believe our present Constitution is ineffective in holding back tyrannical government. When the Constitution was set up originally we had just four cabinet posts. They were State, Treasury, War, and Justice. Now, we have 15 cabinet posts. Government has become so big and especially the executive branch that it is impossible to regulate itself. The Constitution originally set up a great system of checks and balances. With the executive having only 4 cabinets posts it worked rather well. Today, the executive branch has 2,756,000 employees. Massive. The legislative and judicial branches have 64,000 employees. Checks and balances are impossible to maintain with such power and intimidation and especially in the executive branch. The present Constitution was never designed for such an enormous government. We are in trouble, big trouble.


Another significant issue that has contributed to the breakdown of our Constitution is the loss of power by the States. When our Constitution was set up the balance of powers was strong in State Rights. After the Civil War the States lots significant power and influence to check the Federal powers. As a result the Federal Government grew and grew and with it massive debts. The States where powerless to stop the overreaching power of the Federal Government. More and more courts gave the Federal Government power and took away power from the States. Thus, the Constitution as it was originally designed was broken and checks and balances so sacred to the original framers of our beloved Constitution was eliminated. This paved the way for enormous Federal power to the extent that it has taken away many freedoms of Americans.

What should happen? I would propose the impeachment of many in high government based on their violation of the Constitution. Men and women who violate their oath of office must be held accountable. Second, I would propose a new Amendment to the Constitution that would be called, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION, POWER DEFINITIONS, AND BUDGET AUTHORITY AMENDMENT. It would be the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It would close down the following cabinet positions in the executive branch and restore their authority and work to the individual states. The cabinet posts closed would be education, health and human services, housing and urban development, labor, transportation, energy, and agriculture. This would leave only Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, State, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, and the Attorney General. In addition the Amendment would significantly curtail the scope and power of each of these agencies returning to the States as much power and direction as possible. You see, our beloved Constitution envisioned the States being a sort of check for the Federal government. The States no longer can be a check for all their authority has been gutted. Under Commerce you could have a Agriculture division, Housing and Urban Development, Interior and Transportation. All with limited power and scope and working more in cooperation and consultation with the States. The States would take care of their own welfare systems and education. States would be authorized to form National Organizations to look at transportation and see what was best. In addition, this new 28th Amendment would demand a balanced budget and take away from the Federal Government the power to borrow. Only by a 2/3 vote of Congress and 2/3 vote of the States could money be borrowed in the event of a National emergency and only then under strict guidelines. Next, the Supreme Court and all other Federal Courts would be reigned in and given only such authority as the Constitution authorizes. Judges violating their oath would face immediate removal from office, a trial would be held and if found guilty removal from office permanently and prison. Congress would be able to pass laws but no pork would be allowed. That is, a bill would be a bill. Amendments unrelated to the law being considered would be illegal. Furthermore, the regulatory powers of the Federal government would be gutted and most removed from its authority. Severe prison terms would be inflicted against all Federal employees found guilty of breaking the Constitution and violating the freedoms of Americans.

All in all this new 28th Amendment would severely limit the power of the Federal Government and restore back to the States the power it was originally given. It would bring back to the government a respect for the Constitution and the freedoms of all Americans.

We are at the 11th hour. Even now the traitors to our beloved Constitution are working non stop to claim power. The task before us is daunting and the freedoms of all Americans are at stake. Dictatorship looms before us. Freedom once lost is hard, very hard to reclaim. God bless America and the Constitution of the United States of America.