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What If the Government Rejects the Constitution?

Jim3912 Wrote: Apr 12, 2012 11:36 AM

Not all of these situations are the same. For example, all governments tax; women suffrage is correct from any civilized civil rights point of view, etc. But, yes, there has always been concern about a central bank running amok, dating in particular back to Pres. Jackson. ObamaCare, however, is a blatant violation of the Constitution; a high handed legislative coup; and a violation of civil rights in terms of a distorted interpretation and over application of the Commerce Clause.

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What If the Government Rejects the Constitution?

What if the government never took the Constitution seriously? What if the same generation -- in some cases the same human beings -- that wrote in the First Amendment, "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech," also enacted the Alien and Sedition Acts, which made it a crime to criticize the government? What if the feds don't regard the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land?

What if the government regards the Constitution as merely a guideline to be referred to from time to time, or a myth to be foisted upon the voters,...

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