Timothy A. Van Eck
Mr. Lee Zion
The Smoky Mountain Times
Dear Mr. Zion,
Writers in these pages recently argued pro and con to scrap the Constitution and start fresh. I don’t see why. The current one is ignored and a new one would fare no better.
One case in point, regardless of how one may feel about the law in question, is Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 [removal of undocumented future Democrats] which was partially overturned, not by the US Supreme Court, but by a District judge.
Article III of the Constitution states: “In all Cases affecting ... those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction.” US Code Title 28 §1251 parallels this (as it should, since an amendment is required to change it.)
Alexander Hamilton (hardly a supporter of States’ Rights) addressed this particular stipulation in Federalist 81, “in cases in which a STATE might happen to be a party, it would ill suit its dignity to be turned over to an inferior tribunal.
Furthermore, Article IV requires the federal government to protect each state from invasion. Not only has the current administration refused to perform this specific Constitutional duty—the Attorney General (who said he has "not read" the Arizona
This blatant disregard for the Constitution is most striking when we recall that at a March 30, 2007 fundraiser, Obama said, "I was a Constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution."
Which country’s Constitution was he was referring to? His acts and statements prove that he doesn’t respect ours. He later referred to it as “An imperfect document...with deep flaws.”
The new pro-abortion and pro-Sharia Kenyan constitution he illegally spent $23 million to promote may be the one he respects.
Remarks in his State of the Union speech indicate he doesn’t even have a passing familiarity with ours: “...the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal….”
His ignorance is “self-evident.” It’s not in our Constitution.
His Supreme Court pick doesn’t understand the foundation of our Constitution, either.
Elena Kagan stated, “I don’t have a view of what are natural rights independent of the Constitution” in her confirmation testimony discussing “unalienable rights” as articulated in the Declaration of Independence.
They both seem ignorant of the fact that the Constitution is not the source of our rights. Our natural (unalienable) rights antedate the Constitution. They might get a little Enlightenment if they read some John Locke.
Obama’s numerous attempts at Socialization are testament to his deep resentment of our country and Constitution.
“I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." Barack Obama.
Apparently, he didn’t learn the following in Wright’s church:
“But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth....” GOD. (Deut 8:18)
And God didn’t need a Teleprompter®.
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