The Constitution IS the supreme law of the land, to uphold which every official swears an oath.
The Framers wrote exactly what they meant; that meaning was discussed fully (see the Federalist Papers) and the concerns about over-reach were also brought up (see the Anti-Federalist Papers).
The people, through their state conventions, approved it *as it was written and meant* and that is how it must be obeyed.
If we don't like something -- we must amend. No end-runs via activist judges and a legislative and executive branch who simply pay no attention. It is We, the People, who must enforce.
Step #1 -- learn what the document says and WHY it says what it does.
George Washington said in his Farewell Address in 1796, "If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed."
The Framers wrote exactly what they meant; that meaning was discussed fully (see the Federalist Papers) and the concerns about over-reach were also brought up (see the Anti-Federalist Papers).
The people, through their state conventions, approved it *as it was written and meant* and that is how it must be obeyed.
If we don't like something -- we must amend. No end-runs via activist judges and a legislative and executive branch who simply pay no attention. It is We, the People, who must enforce.
Step #1 -- learn what the document says and WHY it says what it does.
George Washington said in his Farewell Address in 1796, "If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed."
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