by Ron Paul
Last week President Obama made some rather shocking comments at a press conference regarding the Supreme Court’s deliberation on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. His comments belie a grasp of constitutional concepts so lacking that perhaps the University of Chicago Law School should offer a refund to any students “taught” constitutional law by then-Professor Obama!
He said, “Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” It almost sounds as if he believes the test of constitutionally is whether a majority approves of the bill, as opposed to whether the legislation lies within one of the express powers of the federal government. In fact, the very design of the Constitution, with power split amongst two branches of the legislature which write the laws, an executive who administers the laws, and an independent judiciary which resolves disputes regarding meaning of the laws, was designed to thwart popular will and preserve liberty.
President Obama continued in his comments, “For years, what we’ve heard is the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint, that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law. Well, there’s a good example, and I’m pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step.”
President Obama seems to misunderstand that the criticism of an activist judiciary is not that it is overturning unconstitutional federal laws, but instead that it is usurping the authority to intervene in areas, such as abortion, where the Constitution reserves authority to the states. In fact, upholding clearly unconstitutional laws such as Obamacare because the justices bowed to the “will of the people” or believed the individual mandate was good social policy could be considered an example of judicial activism.
The founders never intended the judiciary to have the last word on whether or not a law is constitutional. The judiciary is equal to the Congress and the President, not superior. Representatives, senators, presidents, and judges all have an independent duty to determine a law’s constitutionality. The founders would be horrified by the attitude of many lawmakers that they can pass whatever laws they want and federal judges will then determine whether or not the law is constitutional.
Additionally, state governments have the authority to protect their citizens from federal laws that threaten liberty. If the Supreme Court rules that Obamacare is constitutional, I hope state legislators will exercise their powers to pass legislation allowing their citizens to opt-out of the national health care plan.
Unfortunately, even many of my colleagues who correctly argue Obamacare’s unconstitutionality support the President when he asserts the power to send troops into battle without a declaration of war, or have citizens indefinitely detained and even assassinated on little more than his own authority. Other of my colleagues not only cheer the unconstitutional monstrosity of Obamacare, but support the President’s actions to defy the Senate’s appointment powers, and legislate by executive order.
Even worse, some members will only challenge a President’s unconstitutional actions if the President is from a different political party. The defeat of Obamacare in the courts would provide a stark reminder that the limits of government are set by the Constitution, not the will of the President, Congress, or even the Supreme Court. However, the victory would be short lived as long as the legislative branch refuses to do its duty to abide by the Constitutional limits and exercises its powers to ensure the other two branches do likewise.
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Why does anyone care what the founding fathers would think?
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Ron Paul for President…period. We Will WRITE You In…and God Bless us All if “They” try and Steal Our Vote from US!
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President Ron Paul, Yes We Can BITCH!!
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What do you think that VA earthquake last year was…THE FOUNDERS ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES IN ANGER!
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President-to-be Ron Paul makes me feel like a part of my country again!
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Yes, Ron Paul would absolutely destroy Obama in a debate. Let us hope we make it to that point.
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I can’t wait for the big Obama Paul debate! Ron Paul would kick his ASS!
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Yes and I second that opinion, RP for Prez 2012
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Hey let’s LAUGH RON PAUL into the White House!
“BAD ASS NIGGAS for RON PAUL” > watch?v=sk7KiKPcmpI
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RON PAUL 2012
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Pass this along to anyone and everyone! At some point it might sink in and we can break the coma that a lot of folks seem to be in! I’ve heard more than once this week, “Romney has it, so what difference is it gonna make who I go for?!” NOT TRUE! That kind of thinking has us where we are now! I personally would like to wake up next week and NOT hear that the first amendment has been abolished (along with a few others) by some ridiculous rider attached to an FDA bill!!
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I am so proud to be a Ron Paul supporter, to be a part of history in the making, nothing feels greater:] Bless you Ron Paul for waking me up to liberty and to whats right.
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Actually, it totally sucks! But yes, I know where you’re coming from. The media has been pre-paid or something to endorse whomever “looks good” to the sheeple, or bring the biggest ratings!
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That is one solution but unfortunately I cannot help you with any amendments to the constitution. I am only saying as it stands right now the federal government has no power in that sector. Also, there is the fact that we are in debt by trillions so… I think universal health care sounds great but unfortunately I just don’t think we have even a single dollar for it. Also, slavery was unconstitutional so I’m not exactly sure that’s fair to mention here.
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Kinda sucks the media seems to be almost totally ignoring Ron Paul around this time.
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shhh….you’re in the church of the founders here. That’s blasphemy….
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The same argument could have been made for slavery: “sorry, slaves….says here that you’re property, 3/5 human, etc. Maybe think about moving to Cuba, or something”.
Let’s stop being idiots and amend the fucking thing, eh.
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Learn from this fellow Paulites. Learn.
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True.
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Dr. Paul has my vote. The primary is a waste of my time.
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I dont think they would be surprised at all matter of fact they predicted all the problems we are having now.”We gave you A Republic…..if you keep it” Ben Franklin.
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Obama stating that the Supreme Court would be unprecedented in overturning Obamacare, is a lie. In US history the Supreme Court has overturned well over 100 laws that were deemed unconstitutional. Just because the President and Congress state a law is Constitutional does not make it Constitutional. Otherwise, what would the purpose of the Supreme Court of the US be but a waste?
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the founders would be horrified that there is even a black president
(they were nigger/slave owners)
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The Founding Fathers would have been horrified by ALL THE BLINKING LIGHTS AND MAGICAL WHATSITS THAT ARE ALL AROUND THEM.
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Some people have told me that the constitution isn’t anymore regarded as legal law for the people. HUH? No, it is. Freedom of speech, seperation of church and state, and the whole constitution still exists and is still our rights of this country. It was never left out of the legal system and law of this country.
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Ron Paul is the “only” logical candidate.
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I hope you’re wrong and people are voting otherwise we deserve what we get. I blame election fraud but you could be right.
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watch?v=8LLZCjtyCak
To Be Continued…
Thumbs up please!
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If individual states want to manage their own health care they can do it (legally) but unfortunately the constitution (which is still here unlike the founders) does not grant the federal government the ability to manage nationwide health care or individual mandates. I think if you are unhappy with the document that is the law of the land in the US you should consider other countries with nationalized health care like Cuba, France, or Sweden.
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Im pretty sure the media is not the one’s who screw up the votes.. it’s the people behind the voting system, there’s TONS of evidence and videos by random cizitizens who voted and showed proof of votes being deducted from Ron Paul’s side by a gigantic number
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You know, nobody knows what the real delegate numbers are. I’m almost completely sure Ron Paul is at least in second place to Mitt Romney. The media can guestimate whatever they feel like, really…
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We would be somewhere if atleast half of the subscribers to this channel ACTUALLY voted..
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I will never understand people who actually want to be ruled, much less ruled by people whose dictates are not bound by law.
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