Benjamin
Franklin was asked. “What do we have, a republic or a monarchy?”
Most
of our Founding Fathers considered the new democratic republic an
experiment. They devised the greatest
government in the history of the world.
We celebrate it every July 4th.
The
key to our success is the Constitution.
It clearly defines the powers given to the federal government and which
powers are given to the states and the people.
The 10th Amendment clarifies the limited powers of the
federal government. We have violated
these limits and they need to be corrected.
The
Constitution also clearly defines the balance of power between Congress, the
President, and the Supreme Court. The
Congress makes the laws and sets the budget.
The President enforces the laws.
The Supreme Court insures that the Constitution is followed.
Our
federal government has taken liberties with the limits spelled out in the
Constitution. It has grown to a behemoth
size and infringed on the rights of the states and the people.
The
Congress wastes time on political agendas and hoaxes. The President does not enforce the laws. The
Supreme Court legislates from the bench.
We
must always put the Constitution first if we are going to keep the
republic. We cannot put political and
individual agendas above the Constitution.
Supreme
Court justices are not elected and are appointed for life. If five of them are allowed to legislate from
the bench in direct contradiction of the Constitution, the republic is
lost.
The
original Roe v. Wade decision was a perfect example of a terrible decision that
clearly was a states’ rights issue. It
took fifty years to correct it. I don’t
care if you are pro life or pro choice; it is a state by state issue.
If the federal government does not
start following the Constitution, we will not be able to keep our republic.
Business
Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a
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