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Essential Liberty (Part 1)

Beautifully written.

i want buy the a copy of our constitution. how do you do it?

ALEA IACTA EST, PARA BELLUM!

Is it not high time for the people of this Country explicitly to declare, whether they will be freemen or slaves? It is an important question which ought to be decided. It concerns us more than anything in this life. The salvation of our souls is interested in the event: For wherever tyranny is established, immorality of every kind comes in like a torrent. It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail. The religion and public liberty of a people are intimately connected; their interests are interwoven, they cannot subsist separately; and therefore they rise and fall together. For this reason, it is always observable, that those who are combined to destroy the people's liberties, practice every art to poison their morals.

Wow this is great. May God use me in a significant way to help bring our country back to His Truth!

To SN Army retired Well said and very true. Is that original with you? It sounds like the founding fathers.

To Marsha Hughes. I believe SN Army retired is quoting Samuel Adams from the October 5, 1772 edition of the Boston Gazette. He seems to have the quote nailed - word for word. I recommend "The Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume II" at the following link: http://www.archive.org/stream/writitngssamadam02adamrich/writitngssamadam02adamrich_djvu.txt From there, go to page 336.

As sad as it is, the truth remain. America is no longer the home of the free. Or the brave. She has been attacked by cowards. Her freedom stripped in the blink of an eye, with the tip of a pen. Yet she did not nor did she waver. Her constitution. her people a million strong would not allow her to be stripped of her glory or damper freedom of all she stood for. But then somehow. someway. It happened! The constitution rewritten, the words now twisted. The very Men that strove to insure freedom to all Americans, are now forgotten their intentions revised. Their effort for naught. Her peoples criesof disbelief, of refusal and of fear for freedoms lost went unheeded, Remain unheard. She had a good run though , over 200 years ! never a tear. She had no fear. She thinks of the indian gentleman. With a tear for the way man was treating the earth. And a tear drop falls.

WE are now again at the times that try Men's souls. We must make our will known to the despoilers of our freedoms, that it be corrected. We are after all the public that is in charge of what Government does. We voted for these people who now want to tramp on us and destroy god given freedoms.

This is something Pres Obama HAS NO FREAKING IDEA ABOUT. All he learned as growing up is SOCIALISIM GOOD CAPITALISM BAD. His misunderstanding of our TRUE history will be his downfall.

Love this site, it is so awesome that so many Americans are learning the Constitution and the REAL Founding Fathers... WE WILL set the record straight and get our GOD GIVEN Country back, though TRUTH and Honor - Peacefully... We all have got to teach everyone we know... Check out these - David Barton and his Wallbuilders.com. He has the largest privately held collection of original founding documents in America... Glenn Beck is doing a great thing in teaching what is going on in Washington DC and on the Founding Fathers. Record his show on Fox News and share it with others... Also Janine Turner is doing the Constituting America, another great thing on FaceBook... The TRUTH Will Set You FREE, Amen...

This should be forwarded to every member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and to every Senator. With one of Thurgood Marshall's minions being prepared for a lifetime court appointment it is vital that every Senator is properly educated and this appointment stopped in its tracks.

If only we can awaken the mental cowards to realize that we MUST return to the limitations and restrictions of the Constitution in order to be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor and the freedom and liberty that the Constitution provides; if obeyed. We must remove all of the thieves and scoundrels - for want and usage of a much better word - from office and remove the concept of official and replace it with public servant!

The time when our liberties really started eroding fast was during the New Deal 1930s. That is when the Supreme Court adopted its "rational basis" test that effectively wrote liberty out of the Constitution. As a result, most American liberty is no longer protected by the Rule of Law, and government can cut down our freedom to live our lives as we choose at any time it wants and in just about any way it sees fit. We do not have liberty as a "fundamental right."Only by making basic liberty a fundamental right can Americans again be the free people envisioned by our nation's Founders. Takinglibertyseriously.net

The time when our liberties really started eroding fast was during the New Deal 1930s. That is when the Supreme Court adopted its "rational basis" test that effectively wrote liberty out of the Constitution. As a result, most American liberty is no longer protected by the Rule of Law, and government can cut down our freedom to live our lives as we choose at any time it wants and in just about any way it sees fit. We do not have liberty as a "fundamental right."Only by making basic liberty a fundamental right can Americans again be the free people envisioned by our nation's Founders. Takinglibertyseriously.net

When the slave Dred Scott was denied his freedom by the Supreme Court part of the arguement against his freedom included the following.....The Court also presented a parade of horribles argument as to the feared results of granting Mr. Scott's petition:"It would give to persons of the negro race, ...the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased, ...the full liberty of speech in public and in private upon all subjects upon which its own citizens might speak; to hold public meetings upon political affairs, and to keep and carry arms wherever they went."Notice that last part,"to keep and carry arms wherever they went"It was fully understood that it was the right of all free citizens to do so, when did we get so confused as to our 2nd Amendment Rights under the Constitution?

Good stuff, but I have to take exception to the concept of "the rule of law" or that there is such a thing as "the rule of law, not of men." First of all, who makes laws? Men. Second, who interprets laws? Men. Third, who enforces laws or selectively chooses to not enforce them? Men again. It is my considered opinion that democracy is built and liberties are protected by counterwieghts, and it is dictatorships that are built with laws. We all know of the famous checks and balances built into our consitutional government, but then we go directly to the ideas of laws being the essential protector of our rights and liberties. Not so. It is the separation of powers and checks and balances that do the job. And that is where we need to focus in reinforcing that part of our system to keep our freedoms.

Jorge.. Your exception shows you DID NOT read the first part of this commentary...Our Declaration of Independence was derived from common law, “the Laws of Nature and Nature's God,” all men being “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” It calls upon “the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions” and “the protection of Divine Providence.”Blackstone wrote, “As man depends absolutely upon his Maker for everything, it is necessary that he should in all points conform to his Maker's will. This will of his Maker is called the law of nature. ... This law of nature, being coeval [coexistent] with mankind and dictated by God Himself is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this. ... Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws; that is to say, no human laws should be suffered [permitted] to contradict these.”Justice James Wilson, a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and one of George Washington's first nominees to the Supreme Court, wrote, "Law ... communicated to us by reason and conscience ... has been called natural; as promulgated by the Holy Scriptures, it has been called revealed... But it should always be remembered, that this law, natural or revealed ... flows from the same divine source; it is the law of God. Human law must rest its authority, ultimately, upon the authority of that law, which is divine."Our laws were derived from God's law... and not from men.. but TO men.. This is what Man has perverted and tricked such men as yourself with..As if man could be an author of such a marvelous document!!

God is sovereign in all things. He has a plan for the nations of the world and fo each of us and He will carry it to completion. In Jeremiah 12:17 He says "If any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it." He also tells us in other Scripture that "these things happen because you will not listen. He sent the flood in Noah's day! His patience is not endless. We took Him out of our schools, our colleges, our governments and our personal lives. What do you expect? The principals set forth in Scripture have not changed and will not. Praise God, He will carry out His plan !!

Unfortunately, the N.A. colonies started off on the wrong foot. They mistreated and cheated the red skin. Still going on. The "nigger" slave was also mistreated as dogs, some worst. I don't believe the descendants can honestly say everything is super. A faction had written and promulgated the Articles of Confederation. Another faction wished to garner power around themselves and overthrew the Articles and formed the federal Constitution, 1787. I would rather doubt Lincoln would have fomented the war between the states had he been more constrained under the Articles. The 1787 doc. gave too many open ended powers to the fed. gov't and bound to be exploited and burst the chains. Yes, the Articles put the fed. in a straight jacket and retained more power in the states where it belongs. Oh yes, eventually, the fed. under the Articles would over run it because of power corrupts and usurpation is in the hearts of power centers of those so inclined. However, usurpation would have been slowed down drastically and far better than the constraining of the late document. Don't get me wrong it would be just great to get back to the 1787 doc. and once there, constrain it further so we'd see a slower usurpation and bursting of chains. It also takes people to dog usurpers. I'd have a spcl. board of patriots to investigate high crimes and protect whistleblowers.If the author means "central" is "fed." then ok, if not, it gives one the wrong impression that instead of a confederation one thinks he is in a single nation of the whole shebang.I personally and regrettably consider the whole affair so far gone down to the foundation, it's unfixable.It is interesting on the references to the 2d Amend., no mention was made to self defense as so often mentioned elsewhere. Is it the author's contention, as is mine, the right of self defense is stuck in the 9th Amend. rather than in the 2d?God forbid, but I don't believe the Union will be restored to constitutionality peacefully. Hasn't anyone been watching the news how the protestors are treated? In case no one has been watching, it has been met by armed violence of the blue line. Anyone care to be slaughtered Syrian style and before that Libyan style? Why would the U.S. and other nations now starting to arm the rebels in Syria? Libya? As much as the "Occupy Movement" is liberal, what other chances does a patriot have. The Tea Party has been coopted long ago by corporate interest. I believe someone mentioned we educate. Good that is the beginning step, then we start uniting and organizing the forces. If we can awaken and impel 1/3 of the private arms owners, we'd have an army (insurgency) to start with. If not now, when? If not I, then who?

Nicely done essay, but I would mention that Jefferson, who did not have a hand in constructing the Constitution, wrote that the living should not be ruled by the dead hand of their ancestors. He recommended that a constitutional convention should be held every couple of generations; by his back-of-the-envelope calculations and knowledge of typical life expectancy at the time, a constitutional convention should be held every 50-75 years. This is a good compromise between the views of Justices Thomas and Marshall; the Constitution means exactly what it says while it's in force and periodic adjustments to its contents are a given.

As long as the masses-r-asses, as I call them, allow the totally controlled media and alleged school system continue to dumb them down - read Charlotte Iserbyt's outstanding book, The Deliberate Dumbing-Down of America - the rule of law is and will continue to be passe!

The greatest fear is that America has passed the point of no return, and the only thing that will save her is "the blood of tyrants and patriots."

When I joined the United States Navy I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That oath was made with no expiration date.
As a member of the TEA party I am still defending that oath!