We Still Hold These Truths

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h/t: The Right Scoop

Janine Turner and the Constitution

I'm not posting this because Janine Turner is hot. (Even though she is.) I find it inspiring that a normal citizen who works for a living has become so involved in studying the constitution and the Federalist Papers. I also like the way she calmly evaded Spitzer's attempt to get her to say something extreme or crazy. She was too classy and in control to even treat him like the back stabbing bottom feeder he is.

Voices from the Crowd at the Restoring Honor Rally

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h/t: Hot Air.com

Lt. Col. Allen West Interviewed by Pam Gellar

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Atlas Shrugged.com is Pam's home site.

Glenn Beck: America is on the wrong track

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Can You Get Any More PC? Amazon Now Sells a Copy of the US Constitution with a Disclaimer

I first saw this at the B Cast on Breitbart TV. Amazon now sells a copy of the US Constitution with the following disclaimer: "This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work." This edition is published by Wilder Publications.

Naive Ten Year Old Girl Believes Constitutional Rights Automatically Extend to Those Who Disagree with Chairman Barry

It's good that the child is being taught about the Constitution. It is also good that she is learning that many Americans have little respect for our essential legacy. Hopefully she will remain convinced that the Constitution is worth struggling for.

h/t: Gateway Pundit via Pundit and Pundette

Video: Herman Cain

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h/t: Pundit and Pundette

Judge Andrew Napolitano On The Constitutionality Of Czars

h/t: MsUnderestimated

The Living Constitution

Of course we have a living Constitution. There are in the document itself amendment processes that can be used to revise and make changes deemed necessary by the citizenry.
But most who use the term ‘living Constitution’ are not referring to changes made according to the well defined methods laid out in the Constitution. They mean that judges will decide what changes are called for and make decisions based on their subjective prejudices. Thus that governments are, ”deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,” becomes perverted into, “deriving their unjust powers from the consent of a bunch of self-righteous judges who make choices not sanctioned by written law.” And I feel sure THAT was not the intent of the framers.
Just for laughs I’m going to quote what wikipedia calls one of the strongest arguments in favor of the pushy-judges-who-don’t-know-their-place school of Constitutional interpretation. The wiki likes this ‘argument’: “the fact that the Constitution itself is silent on the matter of constitutional interpretation . . . [is] one of the strongest arguments in support of the concept of a "living Constitution" A philosopher would call this an argument from silence. It also proves that judges should mind their own business since the Constitution nowhere explicitly states that judges should not not mind their own business. It is also an argument in favor of Gitmo since the Constitution nowhere explicitly states, ‘Thou shalt not build prisons in Gitmo.’ I trust the reader is catching on that an argument that proves an infinite number of propositions truly proves nothing. And they call this one of their strongest arguments.

Scalia On Argument, etc.

Universities are now , “in favor of diversity in everything but ideas.”

“Whether there’s a right to abortion, for Pete‘s sake, it was criminal in every state for two hundred years. If you want a right to abortion create it the way most rights are created in a democracy: persuade your fellow citizens it’s a good idea and enact a law. But don’t tell me the constitution confers such a right.”


ht/Sapientia et Doctrina

Barney Frank Angry At Being Asked To Explain Himself

The Constitution gives congress especially the House responsibility for raising and spending revenue. How, in the name of all that's holy, did we get from that to this poor congressman being told how to spend money by some geek from Wall St.? Do I need to buy Mr. Franks his very own copy of the Constitution? It would probably be a waste since, if he hasn't read it by now, we shouldn't expect any big change.

ht/Debbie Schlussel

DC Delegate Shocked and Disgusted That Citizens Stand Up For Their Constitutional Rights

ht/Jane Q. Republican

Jonathan Krohn a 13 Year Old Defines Conservatism

ht/Flopping Aces

The State Sovereignty Movement

ht/Infidel Bloggers Alliance

They Want to Make This Woman Secretary of State?

Let's even leave aside her extreme lack of experience in foreign affairs. The constitution states in article one, section six that the fact the senate has increased the pay of the secretary of state during senator Clinton's term makes her ineligible to be appointed to that office.

hat tip/Founding Bloggers