Obama thinks our Constitution is flawed.
Posted by Rob Longenecker on October 27th, 2008
From Bill Whittle at National Review Online:
And uh, to that extent, as radical as I think people tried to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn’t that radical. It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution — at least as it’s been interpreted, and Warren Court interpreted it in the same way, that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties: [It] says what the states can’t do to you, says what the federal government can’t do to you, but it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. (italics added)
And that hasn’t shifted, and one of the, I think, the tragedies of the civil-rights movement was because the civil-rights movement became so court-focused, uh, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change. And in some ways we still suffer from that.”
He thinks the Constitution should say what government should do for the people, especially that it should outline the distribution of wealth. Fact is, the purpose of the Constitution is to protect citizens from the power of the federal governement.
November 15th, 2008 at 11:21 am
As with all liberals, he has no knowledge of history. Prior to the Constitution of the United States of America, ALL governments were based on the idea of command and control. The Constitution of the United States of America is fundementally about keeping government out of your head, your body, your home and your pockets. Since before the ink was dry, there have been those who have sought to invade these; some, to great success.
I find it tremendously ironic that those who pretend to be the greatest supporters of the Constitution of the United States of America, would also seek to upbraid the right of the individual to do with and to one’s body what one will. You may agree with one’s choice, or not, but that is where YOUR right ends. The idea that government should dictate these things is abhorrent and treasonous.
My pride in America and in being an American is based in one thing alone; by belief that the Constitution of the United States of America is the greatest document ever written. I live by it and would die for it. Those who would tread on it, decry its content, or seek to change it are my enemies. I cry for Thomas Jefferson every night, then pray for his peace of mind beyond the grave.