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BobF

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The US Constitution and why so much of recent years in the US was not done properly. So below I will have a link to the Constitution and then print off some of the pertinent parts needed. I will use the Wikipedia description but you can also use one of these for closer looks.
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http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html


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https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/overview
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution


United States Constitution

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America.[1] The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Its first three articles entrench the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress; the executive, consisting of the President; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. Articles Four, Five and Six entrench concepts of federalism, describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments and of the states in relationship to the federal government. Article Seven establishes the procedure subsequently used by the thirteen States to ratify it.


Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended twenty-seven times.[2] In general, the first ten amendments, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, offer specific protections of individual liberty and justice and place restrictions on the powers of government.[3][4] The majority of the seventeen later amendments expand individual civil rights. Others address issues related to federal authority or modify government processes and procedures. Amendments to the United States Constitution, unlike ones made to many constitutions world-wide, are appended to the end of the document. At seven articles and twenty-seven amendments, it is the shortest written constitution in force.[5] All five pages of the U.S. Constitution are written on parchment.[6]


The Constitution is interpreted, supplemented, and implemented by a large body of constitutional law. The Constitution of the United States is the first constitution of its kind, and has influenced the constitutions of other nations.


Article One

Article One describes the Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. Section 1, reads, "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives."


Article I, Section 8 enumerates the legislative powers, which include:
To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

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Article I, Section 9 lists eight specific limits on congressional power.
The Supreme Court has interpreted the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause in Article One to allow Congress to enact legislation that is neither expressly listed in the enumerated power nor expressly denied in the limitations on Congress. In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court read the Necessary and Proper Clause to permit the federal government to take action that would "enable [it] to perform the high duties assigned to it [by the Constitution] in the manner most beneficial to the people,"[35] even if that action is not itself within the enumerated powers. Chief Justice Marshall clarified: "Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are Constitutional."[35]


Article Two

Article Two describes the office of the President of the United States. The President is head of the executive branch of the federal government, as well as the nation's, head of state and head of government.


Section 2 grants substantive powers to the president:

  • The president is the Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces, and of the state militias when these are called into federal service.
  • The president may require opinions of the principal officers of the federal government.
  • The president may grant reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment (i.e., the president cannot pardon himself or herself to escape impeachment by Congress).
Section 2 grants and limits the president's appointment powers:

  • The president may make treaties, with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided two-thirds of the senators who are present agree.
  • With the advice and consent of the Senate, the President may appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States whose appointments are not otherwise described in the Constitution.
  • Congress may give the power to appoint lower officers to the President alone, to the courts, or to the heads of departments.
  • The president may make any of these appointments during a congressional recess. Such a "recess appointment" expires at the end of the next session of Congress.


Section 3 opens by describing the president's relations with Congress:

  • The president reports on the State of the Union.
  • The Recommendation Clause:[38] The president has the power and duty[38] to recommend to Congress's consideration such measures which the president deems as "necessary and expedient".
  • The president may convene either house, or both houses, of Congress.
  • When the two houses of Congress cannot agree on the time of adjournment, the president may adjourn them to some future date.
Section 3 adds:


  • The president receives ambassadors.
  • The president sees that the laws are faithfully executed.
  • The president commissions all the offices of the federal government.


Article Three

Article Three describes the court system (the judicial branch), including the Supreme Court. There shall be one court called the Supreme Court. The article describes the kinds of cases the court takes as original jurisdiction. Congress can create lower courts and an appeals process. Congress enacts law defining crimes and providing for punishment. Article Three also protects the right to trial by jury in all criminal cases, and defines the crime of treason.
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Nothing in these extracts from the Constitution give the President any rights to change our laws or tell the Congress what their answers will be. He only has the right of Section 3 The Recommendation Clause, 'The president has the power and duty to recommend to Congress's consideration such measures which the president deems as "necessary and expedient".'



I am sure some will not like what I am posting, so be it. Facts are far much better than any political comments can be. And the US will be much better when we do get back to working as the Constitution says we should. The people are to run this country, not any President has that power or should have that power.
 

Here I am again. This post had slid all the way down to the bottom so I bring it back to the top.

Nearly 60 had at least opened it up and hopefully read what was posted. I wish some had taken the time to comment on what they had seen and read. We really do have a problem with our government not doing as the Constitution says it should. I think both parties have this problem and continue to operate outside the Constitutions ways but the current government is far worse than any before. Money and expenditures are to be handled by the Congress, not the President who can only suggest to the Congress what he wants to see happening. Except for war or defenses, and even then the President is limited and need Congress to support him or there is a time limit. Our budget and debts have gone way out of order in recent years.

So back to the top and hoping some might have comment to make.
 
Prejudged and not any real inputs. I did not hide that I considered Obama one of our worst offenders of the Constitution we have ever had. So what is new with these responses. Yeah, the poster is bad, especially when he says the Constitution is to be followed and not tossed aside.
 
Thanks for posting this Bob. You won't change any minds here. The democrats don't care about the constitution or even about this country. They don't want a president, they want a king.
 
But I am still willing to try to educate some Democrats. Luckily in the US we do have some rather centered and intelligent Democrats that are willing to discuss and learn. The remainder of the 30%, or less, of our Democrat voters do seem pretty one minded and often wrong.
 
Hey, BobF - you know there are plenty of blogs around for people like you who hate President Obama. Maybe you should focus on one of those. Otherwise, you should obviously chill out. The rage you're expressing is not good for your blood pressure. Take care, BobF.
 
Ina said:
Thank you AZ, I'm not very political, and I couldn't tell you if I'm a democrat or a republican. But I do enjoy learning about the ways a government can be run. :wave:
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I am proud to say I am a former Republican who saw the light and am now a Democrat.
 
AZ Jim said:
I am proud to say I am a former Republican who saw the light and am now a Democrat.
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Always been a democrat. My dad was one and he campaigned for local and state candidates. So does my son. And my nephew. My sister is a former republican, now a democrat. One brother is a democrat, one a republican. Nephews, nieces and their spouses are democrats.

In the UK I'm a member of the Labour party but getting pretty fed up with them. Disgusted with the Tories.
 
BobF said:
Prejudged and not any real inputs. I did not hide that I considered Obama one of our worst offenders of the Constitution we have ever had. So what is new with these responses. Yeah, the poster is bad, especially when he says the Constitution is to be followed and not tossed aside.
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Do you not recall the G.W. Bush years?
 
Glinda said:
Hey, BobF - you know there are plenty of blogs around for people like you who hate President Obama. Maybe you should focus on one of those. Otherwise, you should obviously chill out. The rage you're expressing is not good for your blood pressure. Take care, BobF.
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Well, it appears that you, and others, just do not read well at all. I do not hate Obama and have said that before too and in other posts. I do just not like the way he is working to push the US into overall bankruptcy with his unauthorized debt building and foolish spending that is going to hurt all in this country and maybe other countries too. I have not said he should be gone at all. Just would like to see him use his proper channels in his ideas implementing. I would think that all would wish for that. Let the Congress do it's job for once. The Congress is made up of Democrats, Republicans, and independents. They make good incomes so we should let them earn it.

All this is spelled out in the Constitution.
 

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