Is the Constitution Important?

[BeFranklin]

I would prefer to have a constitution rather than not. As Patrick Henry said, "The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."

For those who prefer the Articles, I think they offer more danger to our liberty. For one the ingenious "divison of powers" and "checks and balances" are not present. The sole body of government was a unicarmal legislature. The lack of a judiciary was quite scary. As Hamilton wrote in Federalist No. 22, "Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation." Also, without another house of legislature, or an executive holding veto power, too much power was vested in the hands of too few people.

True, but all that is less necessary under the Articles, because the federal government is smaller and the States have more power and operate more like independent Stat.. countries.

 

[BeFranklin]

bump for the Articles of Confederation discussion

 

[UtahApocalypse]

"If Hussein does indeed have proof he is natural born"

I read no more then the first line. What honestly unbiased reporter uses ONLY the persons middle name. this is a straight up attack article.

No, we do not agree with Obama. Yes, We do have issues we want clarified. Using complete NON-Issue tactics such as ONLY his middle name is petty, childish, and makes us all look like fools and kooks.

 

[Truth Warrior]

I read no more then the first line. What honestly unbiased reporter uses ONLY the persons middle name. this is a straight up attack article.

No, we do not agree with Obama. Yes, We do have issues we want clarified. Using complete NON-Issue tactics such as ONLY his middle name is petty, childish, and makes us all look like fools and kooks.

Unless he was born in Kenya. THAT makes the Dems AND most of the voters look like the fools they ARE.