The Supreme Court strikes down part of Arizona’s immigration laws – seen as a win for liberals. They strike down all of Montana’s laws on corporate expenditures for candidates – seen as a win for conservatives. The truth is that the loser in both of these cases is all of America. These are two decisions released by the court in the past week which are part of a trend begun in the early-to-mid 1900’s in which the Supreme Court has increasingly applied the first eight amendments of the U.S. Constitution directly to states and even local governments, stealing away the powers and rights of the states and people to determine their own local domestic laws. The states and people are supposed to be protected from the federal government by the U.S. Constitution and again by the 9th and 10th Amendments, but the Supreme Court conspicuously ignores the last two amendments in the Bill of Rights. When Chicago tried to restrict gun ownership the Supreme Court said no – conservatives were happy. When Texas attempted to prevent abortions outside of rape and incest the Supreme Court said they couldn’t – liberals were happy. And on and on the Court continues to determine the laws for every state and municipality, sometimes to the pleasure of one party or group and sometimes to another, but always to the detriment of the original American form of government that once allowed diverse communities to develop their own laws and practices. With this week’s dictates from the high court it is clear that most of the justices do not believe in federalism or local government. This is no surprise considering that half the justices have an agenda and consider themselves above the Constitution and most of the others were educated in law schools that place supreme importance on precedence over the actual written law. So starting with bad precedence and an agenda in the early 20th Century and through a convoluted series of rulings using the 14th Amendment and supremacy clause in ways never intended by their authors, the Supreme Court has claimed for itself all the legislative power in the entire nation. We are now forever subject to whether more conservatives or more liberals are on the Supreme Court at any one moment in time to decide which types of laws every state will be permitted or restricted from having. This notion of one set of laws for every state as dictated by the federal government is not just opposite to our government structure as laid out in the Constitution, it is also the prime source of vicious divisions seen throughout the nation today because no values or ideology are permitted to survive in a localized region. Now the only way to get what you want is to defeat the other side at the national level and appoint your own biased judges who will tell those with different beliefs than you throughout the entire nation how they must live. These recent decisions by the dictators in black robes are more nails in the coffin of our revolutionary American form of government.
In Liberty,
Eric Stamper, O.D.
Communications Director, Sumner United for Responsible Government
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Comment by David Lakatos on June 27, 2012 at 5:10pm If the ruling of the immirgration issue is any indication of what coming thurday I say Obama will win on Obama care also.And you can kiss America goodby the experiment didn't work.
Comment by John Mainhart on June 27, 2012 at 7:03am This is a great assessment of how far we have fallen from objective truth. I believe the only couse left to ,us is prayer.
Comment by Chas Jones on June 27, 2012 at 12:51am A Constitutional Convention [Con Con] remains in the quiver of constitutional options. I have heard and read the pros and cons pertaining to calling the next Con Con, however, no one may question its lawfulness, and I am convinced a large majority of States would send solid constitutional conservatives as delegates to such a convention.
That Con Con could then send the very amendments needed to the States to perform the "reset" we need.
Comment by Robbie Eagle on June 26, 2012 at 11:50pm Comment by Thomas Angle on June 26, 2012 at 2:10pm What protection do we have when our lawmakers break the law?
I believe that is why the 2nd Amendment was put in the Constitution.
Comment by Juls on June 26, 2012 at 2:07pm I think the answer to your question Brenda - is we're on our own. The only protection we have is ourselves.
Comment by Debrajoe Smith-Beatty on June 26, 2012 at 1:49pm Thanks.
Comment by Brenda Choate on June 26, 2012 at 1:44pm Have we reached a Constitution crisis yet? When the House and Senate refuse to stop obama's power grad, when the Executive Branch feels the restraints of the Constitution do not need to be considered? and now the Supreme Court rules on AZ's immigration law is mostly unconstitutional; it seems that the Rule of Law and the Constitution has been tossed in the trash heap. What protection do we have when our lawmakers break the law?
Comment by Maggie Tamulis on June 26, 2012 at 12:49pm I hope you don't mind William Homolka but in response to your suggestion that Arizona just follow the laws, well, the problem is if they check on the legal status of possible illegal immigrants the Feds will not give them the verification unless the person is a convicted felon...then even if they are sure the person is illegal they can't hold them and they cannot deport them without the Feds approval...so...if they follow the law the law enforcement officers of Arizona will be breaking the Administrations version of their "law" and they will then be looking at charges against them...so basically there isn't any point in questioning if someone is illegal unless they are a convicted felon...keeping them in jails in Arizona will not be legal as well because it would usually be Arizona turning the illegals over to the Feds which they can't do now...so...how can Arizona follow the law without putting their state in jeopardy by doing so??? Even if you and your friends are there in Arizona you really can't change what's been done by the Feds and my recommendation is making the Obama Administration "see" that people do not approve of his tactics and the best way is in the pocketbook, if we all stay home from our jobs, not go shopping and just shutting down our daily lives for at least one day that will tell Obama that we are thru with his antics and will not stand for it...then in November we vote his incompetent butt out of office...!!!
Comment by Maggie Tamulis on June 26, 2012 at 12:29pm What is going on with our country? We now have the Obama Administration refusing to follow America's laws...how can a President refuse to follow the laws of this land?? Personally this is beginning to make us all look like a bunch of Lemmings, you know those little animals that follow the leader even when the leader goes over a clift...why don't we wake up...my suggestion would be for all the citizens of this country who really believe that our President is wrong to organize a day where everyone stays home, we just don't go to work, we call in sick...a demonstration like that would get the Obama Administration's attention, is there any one with me...???
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