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The 4th has got me thinking about what the Founding Fathers would think about the country today.
Thoughts?
Well, Jefferson and Madison, along with some Anti-Federalists, would look at the U.S. Supreme Court and scratch their heads in amazement. How on earth can the U.S. Supreme Court legitimately amend the U.S. Constitution with a mere opinion? I am quite certain this was not a power delegated to them in Article III, James Madison and others would exclaim.
"How can Congress legitimately fund all of these social welfare programs without amending the U.S. Constitution," James Madison and Thomas Jefferson query. They turn to the culprit, Alexander Hamilton. Of course, Alexander Hamilton is not the only individual culpable but his interpretation of the U.S. Constitution was cited in an opinion by SCOTUS in the case of U.S. vs. Butler. Hamilton, embarassed, remarks, "I do not think my position could have logically been taken to this extreme." "Well but it was and I told you so," exclaims Madison, who was very critical of Hamilton's interpretation. "It is not my fault we have five or more idiots sitting on the bench polluting the U.S. Constitution and our understanding of it," Hamilton retorts.
George Washington, who is fastly developing a headache from all of this bickering, immediately turns to find the hemp he used to grow on his farm. Finding some hemp, well weed, he rolls it up and proceeds to smoke it in hopes of abating his headache. He then seeks to offer some to Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton, and others, believing if they are high they will be "mellow," and shut them up for a moment. Yet, just as Washington was about to pass his blunt, he is immediately arrested by the police and incarcerated. "You are charged with violating the U.S. code making it illegal to possess controlled substances, to wit, marijuana," says the officer. "What is marijuana," Washington inquires. "What you were smoking," the officer exclaims. "What?! Since when did Congress get the power to tell me what I can or cannot smoke," Washington angrily responds. "Since you and the rest of your buddies died and were no longer available to voicefully restrain the power of the government. You were men with balls. Today, we have men without balls, living off of the state, and insisting for a bigger form of government, welcome to the 21st century," the officer replies.
Then, all of them call for a new constitutional convention, to reduce the size of government and fix the problems plaguing the system. They are immediately arrested by Bush for attempting to cause an insurrection, labelled terrorists, and are indefinitely incarcerated at Gitmo. "What ever happened to the provision in the U.S. Constitution about habeus corpus," Jefferson asks. "That only applies to U.S. citizens and all of you look like the enemy combatants and non-U.S. citizens."
Thoughts?
Well, Jefferson and Madison, along with some Anti-Federalists, would look at the U.S. Supreme Court and scratch their heads in amazement. How on earth can the U.S. Supreme Court legitimately amend the U.S. Constitution with a mere opinion? I am quite certain this was not a power delegated to them in Article III, James Madison and others would exclaim.
"How can Congress legitimately fund all of these social welfare programs without amending the U.S. Constitution," James Madison and Thomas Jefferson query. They turn to the culprit, Alexander Hamilton. Of course, Alexander Hamilton is not the only individual culpable but his interpretation of the U.S. Constitution was cited in an opinion by SCOTUS in the case of U.S. vs. Butler. Hamilton, embarassed, remarks, "I do not think my position could have logically been taken to this extreme." "Well but it was and I told you so," exclaims Madison, who was very critical of Hamilton's interpretation. "It is not my fault we have five or more idiots sitting on the bench polluting the U.S. Constitution and our understanding of it," Hamilton retorts.
George Washington, who is fastly developing a headache from all of this bickering, immediately turns to find the hemp he used to grow on his farm. Finding some hemp, well weed, he rolls it up and proceeds to smoke it in hopes of abating his headache. He then seeks to offer some to Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton, and others, believing if they are high they will be "mellow," and shut them up for a moment. Yet, just as Washington was about to pass his blunt, he is immediately arrested by the police and incarcerated. "You are charged with violating the U.S. code making it illegal to possess controlled substances, to wit, marijuana," says the officer. "What is marijuana," Washington inquires. "What you were smoking," the officer exclaims. "What?! Since when did Congress get the power to tell me what I can or cannot smoke," Washington angrily responds. "Since you and the rest of your buddies died and were no longer available to voicefully restrain the power of the government. You were men with balls. Today, we have men without balls, living off of the state, and insisting for a bigger form of government, welcome to the 21st century," the officer replies.
Then, all of them call for a new constitutional convention, to reduce the size of government and fix the problems plaguing the system. They are immediately arrested by Bush for attempting to cause an insurrection, labelled terrorists, and are indefinitely incarcerated at Gitmo. "What ever happened to the provision in the U.S. Constitution about habeus corpus," Jefferson asks. "That only applies to U.S. citizens and all of you look like the enemy combatants and non-U.S. citizens."
