Hussein Obama and Michelle Obama lost their license to practice law.... Make no mistake about it!

How Barack and Michelle Obama lost their law license

 Why doesn’t the media and press put these people on the clothes line?  Do you realize if it were anyone else with any proposed clout or status, they wouldn’t have a prayer with the media.  I wonder, wonder what or who is really in control that so much can be silenced on one end, yet documented and have a total unraveling of another on the other end and this person-persons get all the attention.  Why doesn’t the world hear this on World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer or any of the national news commentators?.

 
 
I knew they had both lost their law license, but I
didn't know why until I read this.
This is 100% legit.

I check it out at https://www.iardc.org Stands for Illinois Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Committee. It's the official arm of lawyer discipline in Illinois; and they are very strict about the protocol.
Big Surprise.

Former Constitutional Law Lecturer and U.S. President Makes Up
Constitutional Quotes During State Of The Union (SOTU) Address.
Consider this:
1. President Barack Obama, former editor of the Harvard Law
Review, is no longer a "lawyer". He surrendered his license back in 2008 in order to
escape charges he lied on his bar application. A "Voluntary
Surrender" is not something where you decide "Gee, a license is
not really something I need anymore, is it?" and forget to renew
your license. No, a "Voluntary Surrender" is something you do when
you've been accused of something, and you 'voluntarily surrender"
your license five seconds before the state suspends you.
2 Michelle Obama" voluntarily surrendered" her law license in 1993. after a Federal Judge gave her the choice between surrendering her license or standing trial for Insurance fraud!  
3. So, we have the first black President and First Lady - who don't actually have licenses to practice law. Facts. Source: http://jdlong.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/pres-barack-obama-editor-of-the-Harvard-law-review-has-no-law-license/ 
4. A senior lecturer is one thing, a fully ranked law professor is another.
Barack Obama was NOT a Constitutional Law Professor at the University of
Chicago.
5. The University of Chicago
released a statement in March 2008 saying Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) "served as a professor" in the law school-but that is a
title Obama, who taught courses there part-time, never held, a at the University of Chicago School of Law. Source:  http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/03/sweet_obama_did_hold_the_title.html
sA spokepokesman for the school confirmed in 2008.
6. "He did not hold the title of Professor of Law," said Marsha Ferziger Nagorsky, an Assistant Dean for Communications and Lecturer in Law!

7. The former Constitutional Senior Lecturer (Obama) cited the U.S. Constitution the other night during his State of the Union Address. Unfortunately, the quote he cited was from the Declaration of
Independence ... not the Constitution.
8. The B-Cast posted the video: http://www.breitbart..tv/did-obama-confuse-the-constitution-with-the-declaration-of-independence/ 
9. Free Republic: In the State of the Union Address
, President Obama said: "We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal.

10. Um, wrong citing, wrong founding document there Mr. President.
By the way, the promises are not a notion, our founders named them
unalienable rights. The document is our Declaration of Independence and it reads:
 
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.
11. And this is the same guy who lectured the
Supreme Court moments later in the same speech?
When you are a phony it's hard to keep facts straight.
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Call Sign Extortion 17: ON AUG 6th 2011..SEAL TEAM MEMBERS WERE SENT TO THEIR DEATHS BY THIS COMMANDER AND THIEF OBAMA ! THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT MUST BE CHANGED! THE REGIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE MUST BE CHANGED!

Obama is doing everything he can to reduce the effectiveness of any Military Leadership that can support a Coup against the Regime Logistically!.. 

This is one step along the way. Read and be angered.

PLEASE READ THIS AND SHARE. ON AUG 6th 2011..SEAL TEAM MEMBERS WERE SENT TO THEIR DEATHS BY THIS COMMANDER AND THIEF OBAMA !  THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT MUST BE CHANGED! THE REGIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE MUST BE CHANGED!

OUR BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE .... SEAL TEAM MEMBERS WERE SENT TO THEIR DEATHS BY THIS COMMANDER AND THIEF OBAMA

FACTS ABOUT THE SEAL TEAM THAT WAS KILLED BECAUSE OF THE OBAMA RULES OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE BATTLE FIELD!THE LEFTY MEDIA MUST BE SENT THIS INFORMATION. ITS BEEN OVER A YEAR!!I call upon all Seal Team members to activate accordingly !31 US NAVY SEALS KILLED (SEAL TEAM SIX) August 2011

Billy Vaughn the father of fallen Seal Team Hero Aaron Vaughn....says, “We actually had a three star Admiral, when the families were brought in to the de-briefing, to tell us what happened, the wives, and the mothers and fathers, at Virginia Beach; one of the fathers said, ‘Why didn’t we use a drone strike that night?… The three star Admiral actually turned around and addressed the grieving families, and said, “Because we want to win their hearts and minds.”
I am furious. I say, “That’s what missionaries are for, not military. Military are there to kill the enemy.”
Karen says, “Why can we not lay pre-assault fire? Because it’s perceived as aggressive and damages our efforts to win the hearts and minds of our enemy. So, kill our sons and daughters then. I mean, that’s really, that’s your option…win their hearts and minds at the risk of killing our soldiers.”
Billy continues, “This is what it has come to. This administration and our political leaders in the military are willing to sacrifice our most precious treasure, the blood of our warriors, in order to win the hearts and minds. And, I don’t believe the American citizens are, if they knew what was going on.”



Billy Vaughn explained what happened the night his son was killed;
“…the valley was on high alert..There was an AC130 gunship in the air, there were two AH64 helicopters in the air, already in the air from the Rangers Op…The CH47 that the Seals were on had no escort …it’s policy when the choppers go out at night, they have to have escorts…so it came in to land…3 1/2 hour fire fight going on, but because of the Rules of Engagement, our air weapon support in the air is not allowed to give any pre-assault fire to suppress the enemy so that the chopper can land safely, so the air weapon support set their helplessly and watched this chopper land in the middle of a fire fight, with 30 Americans on board, and be shot down…and, when it was shot down, even though there were 3 machines in the air…they did not take out the men who shot (our soldiers)…because of the Rules of Engagement…The men ran into a Tower and the Ac's did not fire because there may have been women and children in the building close by”

On Tom Trento’s Radio Show, Billy Vaughn was asked what he would like to publicly say to Obama. He replied, “Mr. President, your failure to recognize the savage enemy; and this covers Benghazi and Afghanistan both, all of it, …your failure to allow our warriors to engage the enemy; and your failure to give them the equipment necessary to defeat this enemy, …that lies at your feet, and you need to be held responsible. It is criminal what you, I believe, have knowingly done. I believe he has tried to take down one more area of American exceptionalism and that is our military and demoralize it like he has the rest of our American institutions.”
Karen Vaughn said, “I would ask him, you need to tell me the truth Mr. President, are you ignorant or complicit? Do you understand who our enemy is or are you aiding and abetting our enemy? Which is it? Because if you understand who our enemy is and you are aiding and abetting them, then you’re guilty of treason against this country and you need to be dealt with as a treasonous president. If you’re ignorant, you need to be walked out of that office, affective immediately so that somebody can come in who understands the threat to our nation.”

Read more: http://MinuteMenNews.com/2012/11/parents-of-fallen-navy-seal-let-them-fight-or-bring-them-home/#ixzz2FvnxEZxp
READ THE STORY OF THIS KILLING :August 6, 2011: A Chinook helo is shot down in Tangi, Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Within hours, before family notifications could possibly have been completed, global press accounts positively confirm that 22 of the 30 Americans killed were not just SEALS, but members of SEAL Team 6. Again, DEVGRU operations have been, up until now, highly classified. Today, the Obama regime made a point of immediately revealing the unit identities of the SPECOPS forces among the dead.

In the past, DEVGRU men and other SPECOPS men have been killed in action, but their missions were so secret and so crucial to OPSEC that their deaths were covered-up by the government and attributed to such things as "training accidents" and the like ­ and I have no problem with that. These men understand going in to intense units such as DEVGRU that OPSEC is paramount, that they will never be publicly acknowledged for their heroism, and that if they are killed or captured in action, the government will lie about that in order to protect OPSEC and to prevent the enemy from gaining a propaganda and morale coup. Compare that reality with what happened today. The Obama regime distributed this information, and the Obama regime's lapdog press instantly splashed headlines declaring this as the Taliban's "REVENGE" for the "death of Bin Laden." As I write this now, the Drudge Report headline in bright red reads, "REVENGE: SEALS WHO GOT OSAMA KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN."

I'll say what everyone else is thinking but is too scared to say. The Obama regime is almost certainly directly complicit in these deaths. The time, location and most especially, the PASSENGERS in the Chinook were passed to the Taliban. Additionally, you can't take out a Chinook with small arms fire or even standard RPGs such as the Taliban use. The Taliban needed serious weaponry to take this helo down, and that serious weaponry needed to be in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time, ready to fire.

Why would the Obama regime kill Americans? I think the question is, why WOULDN'T the Obama regime kill Americans? The Obama regime is composed of Marxist-Leninist psychopaths. A glancing, superficial survey of 20th century history shows one glaring fact above all others: MARXISTS MURDER PEOPLE WITHOUT COMPUNCTION. Marxists also hate Americans, by definition. Three tacks:

1. The men on board the Chinook may have been the same men who participated or had direct knowledge of the staged Bin Laden raid and were killed to permanently silence them. See my email exchange of May 5 above.

2. These DEVGRU men were killed to send a signal to the surviving DEVGRU men who carried out the Bin Laden raid to keep their mouths shut.

3. Certainly, the release of the unit identity of the dead within hours ­ before even family notification could have been made (which requires an IN PERSON visit to the family, remember) was an obvious bow to Al Qaeda, the Taliban and the entire muslim world. This event was INSTANTLY propagandized by the Obama media as "revenge" exacted for Bin Laden's death.

This entire Obama situation is a conspiracy, and I say that without the slightest hesitation. Obama is not a citizen of the United States, he is a puppet front for a cabal of Marxist-Leninsts including Soros, Ayers, Dohrn, Strong, Jarrett and many, many others. These people are enemies of the United States. These people are deeply psychologically damaged, and are capable of ordering people murdered in order to protect themselves and increase their own power. The three dead homosexual black men from Trinity United Church of Christ, Young, Bland and Spencer, all of whom were sexually linked to Barack Obama, were probably the first people specifically murdered by the Obama regime. The hundreds of Mexicans and the two American agents Terry and Zapata were murdered by Operation Fast and Furious in order to advance and increase the power of the Obama regime. These SEALS and the others on board that Chinook today were almost certainly betrayed and murdered by the Obama regime.

Why did the Obama regime immediately reveal the unit identity of the SPECOPS forces involved in the first place, despite the fact that DEVGRU was highly classified? Why was the personnel composition of the Chinook released IMMEDIATELY today after the helo went down ­ before even family notifications could be made? WHY? Why would you hand your enemy, Al Qaeda and the Taliban, a massive propaganda coup? WHY?

I'll tell you why. Because the Obama regime IS THE ENEMY. They are Marxist tyrants who hold the lives of Americans not just cheap, but in scathing contempt. They will say anything, they will do anything, and they will murder ANYONE in order to protect themselves and consolidate and increase their power. Please, I beg you, for the love of God and all that is good in this world, read the history of the Soviet Union. Read about Lenin and Stalin and how they murdered people without any hesitation. Read about how Hitler was constantly ordering the murder of his own officers. Read about Communist China. Read about Mao and the millions upon tens of millions of murders he ordered. Read about the killing fields of the Communist Khmer Rouge in Cambodia led by Pol Pot. PLEASE. Marxists MURDER PEOPLE. That is what they do. The Obama regime is MARXIST to the bone. If the Obama regime is not stopped, the 30 Americans murdered today in Afghanistan will be just the beginning. I promise you that.

UPDATE MAY 7 2013:

Two members of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command died Saturday in an apparent insider attack by a soldier with the Afghan National Army.
Staff Sgt. Eric Christian, 39, and Cpl. David Sonka, 23, were killed while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan’s Farah province, the Defense Department said in a news release Monday. Both men were assigned to 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Marine officials declined to say how Christian and Sonka died, but the International Security Assistance Force said Saturday that two service members were killed when an Afghan soldier turned his weapon against them. The incident remains under investigation, Marine officials said.
Christian, of Warwick, N.Y., was a counterintelligence/human intelligence specialist, according to a biography released by MARSOC. He joined the command last May, and had been in the Corps since May 2004.
Sonka, of Parker, Colo., was a multi-purpose canine handler. He joined the Corps in August 2008, and moved into MARSOC last year.
The incident marks the second and third death of a Marine in Afghanistan in 2013. The first was Staff Sgt. Jonathan Davis, 34, who died in an improvised explosive device attack in Helmand province on Feb. 22. He was serving as an adviser to soldiers from the Republic of Georgia.
Coalition forces adopted a series of precautionary measures to combat insider attacks last year after a rash of them rattled nerves and eroded trust between coalition forces and the Afghan troops they are training. In total, at least 61 coalition service members were killed in insider attacks in 2012.
The number of deaths resulting from insider attacks in 2013 — three — has been relatively low, but the Taliban threatened recently to step them up as the annual fighting season in Afghanistan takes shape.
MARSOC, the Corps’ special operations force, lost at least five personnel to insider attacks in 2012. Two Marines died Aug. 17 after an Afghan police officer opened fire on them in Farah province. Three MARSOC personnel were killed in Helmand province’s Sangin district on Aug. 10 after a member of the Afghan Local Police opened fire in an operations center.

Cpl. David Sonka (U.S. Marine Corp)

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Staff Sgt. Eric D. Christian (U.S. Marine Corps)

 

 

Please read and Share. Our Culture and future is at stake! Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In it's fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life. Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components but its goal is to destyroy the rest of the world.

Here's how Islam works to Infiltrate a Country:

Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In it's fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life. Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components.

THE SOONER REGULAR AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THIS THE BETTER CHANCE WE HAVE TO SURVIVE THIS FAST SPREADING DISASTER!

The religious component is a beard for all of the other components. Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious rights.
When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious rights, some of the other components tend to creep in as well. Here's how it works.
As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens.

This is the case in:
United States -- Muslim 0.6%
Australia -- Muslim 1.5%
Canada -- Muslim 1.9%
China -- Muslim 1.8%
Italy -- Muslim 1.5%
Norway -- Muslim 1.8%

At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs.
This is happening in:
Denmark -- Muslim 2%
Germany -- Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7%
Spain -- Muslim 4%
Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%

From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply.
This is occurring in:
France -- Muslim 8%
Philippines -- Muslim 5%
Sweden -- Muslim 5%
Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris , we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam.
Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:
Guyana -- Muslim 10%
India -- Muslim 13.4%
Israel -- Muslim 16%
Kenya -- Muslim 10%
Russia -- Muslim 15%

After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:
Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%

At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:

Bosnia -- Muslim 40%
Chad -- Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%

From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:

Albania -- Muslim 70%
Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4%
Qatar -- Muslim 77.5%
Sudan -- Muslim 70%

After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:

Bangladesh -- Muslim 83%
Egypt -- Muslim 90%
Gaza -- Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1%
Iran -- Muslim 98%
Iraq -- Muslim 97%
Jordan -- Muslim 92%
Morocco -- Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan -- Muslim 97%
Palestine -- Muslim 99%
Syria -- Muslim 90%
Tajikistan -- Muslim 90%
Turkey -- Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' -- the Islamic House of Peace. Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:
Afghanistan -- Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100%
Somalia -- Muslim 100%
Yemen -- Muslim 100%

Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.
It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts nor schools nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death.

Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.

Today's 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world's population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddists, and Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world's population by the end of this century.

In my opinion, Muslims should be expelled from all Western countries and isolated. It's the only way we can avoid the impending violence.

Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most

radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.

'Before I was nine, I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me

against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against

my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world,

and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris, 'The Haj'

It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100%

Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in

ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by

Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such

situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children

attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an

infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain

nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national

average would indicate. Today's 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world's population. But their

birth rates are higher than the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists,

Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world's

population by the end of this century.

Well, boys and girls, today we are letting the fox guard the henhouse.
The wolves will be herding the sheep!

NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a

devout Catholic, a devout Jew or a devout Protestant...? Just wondering.

Devout Muslims being appointed to critical Homeland Security positions?
Doesn't this make you feel safer already??

That should make the United States much safer, huh!!
Was it not "Devout Muslim men" that flew planes into U.S. buildings only 10

years ago?  We must never forget this..

Was it not a Devout Muslim man who killed 13 at Fort Hood ? (He killed

"From within" -don't forget that).

Also: This is very interesting and we all need to read it from start to finish.

Maybe this is why our American Muslims are so quiet and not speaking out

about any atrocities. Can a good Muslim be a good American? This question

was forwarded to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.

The following is his reply:

Theologically - no . . . Because his allegiance is to Allah, The moon God of

Arabia

Religiously - no. Because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except

Islam (Quran, 2:256)(Koran)

Scripturally - no. Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the

Quran.

Geographically - no. Because his allegiance is to Mecca , to which he turns in

prayer five times a day.

Socially - no. Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews..

Politically - no.Because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders),

who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America , the great Satan.

Domestically - no. Because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat

and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34)

Intellectually - no. Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since

it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.

Philosophically - no. Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression.. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist.

Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.

Spiritually - no. Because when we declare 'one nation under God,' the

Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The Quran's 99 excellent names.

Therefore, after much study and deliberation. ... Perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. - - - They obviously cannot be both 'good' Muslims and good Americans. Call it what you wish, it's still the

truth. You had better believe it. The more who understand this, the better it will be for our country and our future. The religious war is bigger than we

know or understand.

Can a Muslim be a good soldier???

Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire at Ft. Hood and Killed 13. He is a

good Muslim!!!


THINK ABOUT ALL THIS AND SHARE.... WE ARE GIVING UP OUR COUNTRY TO OUTSIDE FORCES AND WE WILL NEVER GET IT BACK!!

The Constitution is the rule of law, and it is the job of Good Patriots in Government to uphold the rule of law.

OBAMA SHREDS THE CONSTITUTION EVERYDAY..

No president has the power to violate constitutional restraints of power,”

“The Constitution is the rule of law, and it is the job of Good Patriots in Government to uphold the rule of law.”

THIS BUNCH OF POLITICIANS ARE MONEY GRUBBING SELF SERVING OPPORTUNISTS IN WASHINGTON. WE MUST READ AND BE EDUCATED IN OUR SYSTEM.

American political institutions presuppose certain convictions about human nature, the worth and prerogatives of persons, the meaning of life, the distinction between right and wrong, and the destiny of the individual. The Colonists came to their understanding of these matters as heirs of the intellectual and religious heritage of Christendom—the culture whose shaping forces sprang from ancient Israel, Greece, and Rome.

Given the consensus of two centuries ago—which regarded man as a sovereign person under God—it was only logical to structure government so as to expand opportunities for the exercise of personal freedom. The Constitution is clearly designed to maximize each individual’s equal right to pursue his own peaceful goals and enjoy the benefits and responsibilities of ownership.

The Declaration of Independence put into words what nearly everyone was thinking, that personal rights and immunities are ours because we are created beings, that is, we manifest a major purpose and intent of this universe. This implies a firm rejection of the alternative, which is to assume that we are the mere end products of natural and social forces, adrift in a meaningless cosmos. For if the universe is meaningless, then no way of life is any more meaningful than any other; in which case Power has no limits.

Our forebears had firm convictions about the purpose of life, and knew that in order to achieve life’s transcendent end Power must be limited: "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God," they declared. If life is viewed in these terms, how shall we conceive the proper scope and competence of government? What is its role in society? What functions should we assign to it?

Government is the power structure of a society. This is the first and most important fact about the political agency, that it has the legal authority to coerce. The second thing is to inquire whether the power wielded by government is self-sprung, or delegated by a more comprehensive authority than the merely political. Does government rule autonomously or by divine right; or is the real power located elsewhere and merely loaned to government? The Constitution is clear on this point; the power is in the people to lay down the laws which Power must obey. They set it up; they tell it what to do.

"We, the People of the United States," reads the Preamble, "do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Specific Limitations

The people empower an agency to do certain things for them as a nation, but if we isolate the provisions they laid down to limit government the prevailing intent or consensus which made the Constitution its political tool becomes clearer.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Amendment X.

The people, furthermore, possess a body of rights by native endowment above and beyond those mentioned in the Constitution.

The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Amendment IX

These sovereign people shall be free to worship, speak, and publish freely.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Amendment I

Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech. Amendment I

Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom . . . of the press. Amendment I

Voluntary association is the corollary of individual liberty, and this is emphasized, as well as the right of petition.

Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people peaceably to assemble. Amendment I

Congress shall make no law abridging . . . the right of the people . . . to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.         Amendment I

The old world divisions of mankind into castes and orders of rank are to be no more.

No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States. Article I, 9

Every citizen shall have a right to participate in the processes by which the nation is governed; and, should he desire to run for public office he shall not be put to a creedal test.

The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged. . . . Amendments XV and XIX

No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. Article VI

Freedom to Trade; No Special Privilege

Commerce makes for a free and prosperous people, so restraints on trade shall be removed.

No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State. . . . Article!, 9

No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another.        Article I, 9

Progressive taxation violates the principle of equal treatment under the law—penalizes ability, and lowers productivity, so it is forbidden.

No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census. . . .   Article I, 9

The public treasury shall be inviolate; government shall not confer economic privilege on some at the expense of others.

No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law. Article I, 9

Personal privacy shall be respected and jealously guarded.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects . . . shall not be violated.

Amendment IV

Conflict is a built-in feature of human action, and when collisions of interest do occur in society, the rights of the individual must be maintained.

No person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.           Amendment V

Nor shall private property be taken for
public use without just compensation. Amendment V

Strings on the Military

In some nations, the civilian life is a mere appendage to the military. This will not happen here because civilians control the purse strings.

No appropriation of money (to raise and support military and naval forces) shall be for a longer term than two years.        Article I, 8

As a further safeguard against any future militarization of this nation, the civilian sector must have the means for defending itself.

The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Amendment II

In some countries, criminal proceedings are used to entrap citizens, whose guilt is assumed; the burden of proof is on them to show their innocence. Here, the innocence of the accused is assumed, until his guilt is proved. The law shall not reach backward to designate as criminal an action which until then was innocent.

No … ex post facto law shall be passed. Article I, 9

There shall be no Star Chamber proceedings.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury.  Amendment V

Protecting the Accused

The accused is protected against illegal imprisonment, and must be informed of the charges against him.

The privilege of the write of habeas corpus shall not be suspended.

Article I, 9

Punishment shall fit the crime; it shall not mean extinction of civil rights, forfeiture of property, or penalties against kin.

No bill of attainder . . . shall be passed. Article I, 9

The accused is entitled to be tried by his peers. . . . the right of trial by jury shall be preserved.    Amendment VII

There is to be no – forced self-incrimination.

Nor shall [he] be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.         Amendment V

The rights of the accused are summarized:

1.                   . . . a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury;

2.                    Within the district wherein the crime shall have been committed;

3.                    . . . to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation;

4.                    . . . to be confronted with the witnesses against him;

5.                    . . . to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor;

6.                    . . . and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. Amendment VI

Even when found guilty, the accused is protected.

1.                    Excessive bail shall not be required;

2.                    Nor excessive fines imposed;

3.                    Nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Amendment VIII

Treason

Treason is a crime against the nation, so serious that it must be defined with special care.

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. Article III, 3

The person judged guilty of treason is personally responsible for his crime, and therefore his family and kin shall not be punished.

No attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood. Article III, 3

Impeachment is a special case.

The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments . . . and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.

Judgment . . . shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.      Article I, 3

A blind spot in the original Constitution is corrected.

Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime . . . Amendment XIII

No state shall . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Amendment XIV

The separate states are not wholly sovereign.

No state shall enter into any treaty . . . coin money . . . pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. Article I, 10

The Method of Freedom

There is a strong penchant in human nature which impels people who feel strongly about something—a good cause, say—to group their forces and use the power of government to fasten their panacea on those they’ve been unable to persuade. The Constitution is a prime example of the limitations placed upon governmental power so that people with a cause to advance must resort to education, persuasion, and example only. This is the method of freedom, and a people committed to the method of freedom find the Constitution still an apt instrument for structuring a society which maximizes freedom and opportunity for all persons. It was designed to establish a national government internally controlled by checks and balances between the separate powers. And government was to be further limited by the federal structure itself, in which the centripetal power of Washington was to be offset by the centrifugal powers of the separate states. It was not a perfect document, but it carried the means of its own correction, and it did embody the consensus of the people for whom freedom was the prime political good. It was workable. And it will work again whenever a significant number of people have the force of intellect to comprehend sound ideas, and the force of character to make them prevail.

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