Presidents & Congress Ignoring the Constitution - Judge Napolitano

Is the government we have today what the founders had in mind?

Everyone in government takes an oath to uphold the Constitution, but few do so. Beginning with John Adams, and proceeding to Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and George W. Bush, congress has enacted and the President has signed laws that have criminalized political speech, suspended Habeas Corpus, compelled support for war, forbade the freedom of contract, allowed the government to spy on Americans without a search warrant, and use tax payer dollars to shore up failing private banks.

All of this legislation is so obviously in conflict with the plain words of the Constitution, that one wonders how Congress gets away with it.

The truth is, that the Constitution grants Congress 17 specific delegated powers, and commands in the 9th and 10th Amendments, that the powers not articulated and thus not delegated by the Constitution to the Congress, must be reserved to the states and the people. What's more, Congress can only use it's delegated powers to legislate for what we call the general welfare. Meaning it cannot spend tax dollars on individuals or selected groups, but only for all of us. And, Congress cannot deny the equal protection of the laws, thus, it must treat similarly situated entities in a similar manner.

It is clear that the framers wrote a constitution, as a result of which, contracts would be enforced, risk would be real, choices would be free and have consequences, and private property would be sacrosanct.

The $700 billion dollar bailout of large banks that Congress recently enacted runs afoul of virtually all these constitutional principles.

Do the people we send to the federal government, recognize any limits on Congress' power to legislate?

Here's my opinion. The don't recognize limits, on Congress' power to legislate. The air you breathe, the water you drink, the size of your toilet tank, the water pressure in your shower, the subjects your children study in school, the manner in which your physician treats you when you are ill, the speed you drive your car, what you can drink before you get in the car, all of these are regulated by the Congress.

Congress has written over 4,000 criminal laws, that make up over one million pages of text. And, the law presumes that we understand all of it.

Does the Congress recognize any limits on it's ability to legislate whatever it wants? Yes, whatever it can get away with.

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[hznfrst]

President Obama is a Constitutional scholar and would wipe the floor with this halfwit!

[Acrinimiril]

Then why is Obama breaking the law?

Did he flunk his Constitution classes?

[larstup]

As the judge said, "as long as they can get away with it". Time is running out for the crooks in government. Once people have nothing left to lose, rising up is all that is left.

[dogramite]

"We are human capital” (Executive Order 13037) The world cabal makes money off of the use of your signatures on mortgages, car loans, credit cards, your social security number, etc.

Every thing in the "United States" is up for sale: bridges, roads, water, schools, hospitals, prisons, airports, etc, etc... Did anybody take time to check who bought Klamath Lake?? (Executive Order 12803)

Does anyone get the picture yet???

[dogramite]

You CANNOT use the U.S. Constitution to defend yourself because you are NOT a party to it! The U.S. Constitution applies to the CORPORATION OF THE UNITED STATES, a privately owned and operated corporation (headquartered out of Washington, DC) much like IBM (International Business Machines, Microsoft, et al) and NOT to the people of the sovereign Republic of the united States of America. (Padelford Fay & Co. v The Mayor and Alderman of the City of Savannah 14 Georgia 438, 520)

[stephenabm]

The judge is 100% correct on our politicians not obeying the US Constitution, something they take an oath to uphold. Obama thinks he is a dictator and operates like one!

[BeantownJim]

It's called the victimless crimes laws!

[firefox8192]

POLITICIANS today violate their OATH of office daily , CAPITAL FELONY TREASON.

[rhersh2011]

And constitution day

[rhersh2011]

Ninth and Tenth Amendments and Madison's intent for the executive in the Federalist 18 as well as Hamilton

[tnguyen318]

Here is the list of things we need to do. You guys come up with your own list.

Child support should be done with.

Double Jeopardy should be done with.

Marriage Tax Benefits should be done with.

Income Tax in general should be done with.

After Arrest you go straight to court with the police officer present.

Speed Limit Governance for Vehicles (105,115, 135).

Gang Law. Involvement with a gang is against the law.

Civil Disrupt. Any rude, disruptive behavior in society is against the law. 

[reuniontapersex]

thx for the video