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Lattigo Smith [Please feel free to take these thoughts and use them in any article that you feel might further the cause of freedom. There is no need to even mention my name, Lattigo Smith) Let us see if we have this straight: The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land and all federal elected politicians as well as all federal bureaucrats take an oath to uphold the Constitution. Are we right so far? Of course we are right, because we have a copy of the oath that senators and congressmen take upon assuming office. But when these politicians break the law, they swear to uphold, do we jail them, no we re-elect them over and over. How stupid can we be? Now what happens when these elected persons and bureaucrats do not keep their word? Would I be right in assuming that they have broken the law, because they did not obey the Constitution? If you will remember, the federal government sent Martha Stewart to jail for lying to federal investigators, which is not a crime. Ms Stewart was not under oath when she was supposed to have lied. I say supposed to have lied, because the government never did prove that she did lie. So, if a rich, respectable, and popular business woman like Martha Stewart can go to jail for lying to federal investigators, would it not be right to send congressmen and senators to jail for lying to the public by not keeping their word to obey the Constitution? They certainly do lie when they swear to do one thing and do the opposite. They take an oath to obey and support the Constitution, but turn around and trash the Constitution every day. George Bush, the highest elected official in the country was quoted as saying, “The Constitution is just +#@ *#& piece of paper” and pays no attention to his oath of office. Can anyone show me the difference in the two cases? I fail to see any difference myself. A famous actor/singer once said, "I will sing for you, but anything else you want, you will have to see my lawyer", because anything you say may be used against you even if you tell the truth. If the Feds want to send you to jail, you are going to jail, no matter what they have to do to send you there. With this thought in mind let us examine the facts for a few minutes. The Constitution is the LAW and breaking any law is a crime. Criminals are supposed to be in jail. Voting for legislation that is directly opposed to the Constitution certainly is breaking the law. We know that the justice department is anxious when it comes to putting people in jail, whether they are guilty or not, or whether they are elected officials or not. Congressman Jim Traficant, democrat from Ohio, comes to mind. Anyone playing with a full deck knows that Traficant was railroaded to prison because he was a “die-hard Constitutionalists”. He always had the highest record concerning votes to uphold the Constitution in congress or the senate. Jim went to jail, while the worst violators of the Constitution, like Teddy Kennedy, were running free in Washington. These two-faced lying hypocrites in the House of Representatives had the gall to expel Con. Jim Traficant from congress as being undesirable. How could anyone vote to oust one of the few honest men in congress as being undesirable and still look at their faces in the mirror? Article Ten of the Constitution is very clear and it does not take a rocket scientist to know what it means: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, not prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, OR TO THE PEOPLE.” Do you have any problem understanding that amendment? Of course not: lawyers did not write it. Allow me to throw this little antidote in here. I was watching an old movie, where this black man’s kid was before the judge for the fourth time. The judge was browbeating the poor old fellow, because he was thinking. Finally the old gentlemen said, “Yo honor, I can’t talk without thinking, I ain’t no lawyer.” Everyone should read the Constitution, for it is a simple document. If you did read it you would find that about 95-to99 % of all that the federal government does is unconstitutional. Where does the Constitution mention education, or aid to education, foreign aid, social security, Medicare, aid to children, healthcare as in Obamacare or any one of hundreds of programs that the federal government is involved in? Any member of congress that votes for federal aid to education or foreign aid is breaking the law, which makes him a criminal and demands that he go to jail with the rest of the criminals. Are we right so far, or are we just being paranoid. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson: what say you on this subject? Now here comes this thought for you to consider: Ignorance of the law is no excuse and any street cop or judge will tell you that. If a congressman or senator says they did not know that the Constitution is the law or that they were breaking the law that is no excuse and they should still go to the slammer with the rest of the criminals. There should be a special committee on the Constitution in each house to see that no legislation even reaches the floor that violates the Constitution. One final thought: The Bill of rights is just that “A Bill of Rights”. We citizens have always had the rights; they were not given to us by a benevolent government. The Bill of Rights was drafted to see that the government does not violate these rights, which are already ours. Free Speech is a right Article one Owning a gun is a right Article Two Being safe in our homes is a right Article Four No Double Jeopardy is a right Article Five No arrest without a warrant “ No witness against himself “ No confiscation of property “ A speedy trial Article Six Trial by jury Article Seven No excessive bail required Article Eight These are God-given rights guaranteed by the men that fought the War for Independence and not rights given to us by the present government. LET US GIVES THIS SOME THOUGHT AND DEMAND THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS OBEY THE LAW. - Lattigo Smith
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