What Happened To ‘WE THE PEOPLE’?

By C. J. Refsland on February 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

“I am not a lawyer, I am not educated in Constitutional law, but I am an American Born and bred. When I grew up, you still studied the History of the US, you were still made to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in School every morning while placing your right hand over your heart and facing the flag. We were still allowed to pray in school. We were taught about how we won our independence from the British with pride and zeal. We were taught patriotism for our country, our state and our school. We regularly had patriotism rally’s in the gymnasium. WHAT HAS HAPPENED!

As I see all the talk about taking our right to free speech, and taking our guns away, or regulating to the point where they could take them if we sneezed wrong. You can’t even say the name Jesus in public without coming under attack. I went back into the dusty cobwebs of my mind. And sometimes that’s not a pretty trip. But I felt it important to touch on this. I was raised with a healthy respect for firearms. I was taught how to use them, how to take care of them and taught with vigor that if you ever point one, you better have the intention of using it to protect yourself.

I grew up in a different world than it is today. You could walk down the street after dark and be safe, you didn’t have to lock your car or your house, and I grew up in a big city. Then the late 60’s and early 70’s came about, and things started to change. But you still held to your rights, and freedoms. There was the riots, and anti-war protests but those seemed a million miles away, and who would ever think that those same radicals would now rule our country and the world? But that’s exactly what happened. Those same people who are wanting us to give up our freedoms of speech and most importantly our weapons, are the ones who in the 60’s were bombing buildings and killing police and citizens. That’s true, you can’t make that up. Look up some of their backgrounds. Like Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dorn, and others. This is from wikipedia: Bernardine Rae Dohrn (née Ohrnstein; born January 12, 1942) is an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law and the immediate past Director of Northwestern’s Children and Family Justice Center. Dohrn was a leader of the domestic terrorist group the Weather Underground, a group that was responsible for the bombing of the United States Capitol, the Pentagon, and several police stations in New York. As a member of the Weather Underground, Dohrn read a “Declaration of a State of War” against the United States government, and was placed on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list, where she remained for three years. She is married to Bill Ayers, a co-founder of the Weather Underground, who was formerly a tenured professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Can you believe IT! What has happened to us? If you don’t believe this, you’ve drank the koolaid and in serious need of detox. Any way, I just thought I’d give you a little history on the people that the president is surrounding himself with, and that doesn’t count the black liberation theology, the black panthers, the nation of Islam (Louis Farrakhan), the Muslim Brotherhood, and CAIR. That’s just a few. We have bowed to false gods, and bowed to the world. We have removed all mention of God from our lives, schools and government. And now we’ve elected the same terrorists that tried without success to overthrow the government in the 60’s. The following is the Bill of Rights that was ammended to our Constitution in the beginning. This was given us by our Fathers for a reason. They had just left an oppressive government, many died fighting for our new freedom, and they wanted to leave us with a legacy and way to prevent that from ever happening again. Our Bill Of Rights was given to us by our founding Fathers in 1789, and why are there some calling for it to be condemned and burned? Be sure to watch the video at the end, it’s very short. Wake up America.

First Amendment – Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Second Amendment – Militia (United States), Sovereign state, Right to keep and bear arms.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.^[60]

Third Amendment – Protection from quartering of troops.

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Fourth Amendment – Protection from unreasonable search and seizure.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Fifth Amendment – due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Sixth Amendment – Trial by jury and rights of the accused; Confrontation Clause, speedy trial, public trial, right to counsel

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Seventh Amendment – Civil trial by jury.

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Eighth Amendment – Prohibition of excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment.

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Ninth Amendment – Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.

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

Tenth Amendment – Powers of States and people.

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.

There are a total of 27 ammendments to the United States Constitution.

The phrase “right of the people to keep and bear arms” was first used in the text of the United States Bill of Rights (coming into law as the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States), although similar legal wording can be found in the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 and the English Bill of Rights 1689 which states “Subjects which are Protestants may have Arms for their Defence”. Beyond the United States of America, and especially in countries without a common law tradition, the general concept of a right to bear arms varies widely by country, state or jurisdiction ranging from being recognized to being non-existent. In addition, even within jurisdictions which long had a common law tradition, but no constitution, Parliamentary supremacy has also largely removed the historical English common law people’s right to arms since the early 20th Century, such as in the United Kingdom (in 1903), Canada, and Australia. However, in countries such as the United States, with a common law tradition, and with a constitution dating to the 18th Century in place of a Parliament, the “right to keep and bear arms” continues to exist. Specifically, following the American Revolution in 1776, one of the first legislative acts undertaken by each of the newly independent states was to adopt a “reception statute” that gave legal effect to the existing body of English common law to the extent that American legislation or the Constitution had not explicitly rejected English law.^[5] British traditions such as the monarchy were rejected by the U.S. Constitution, but many English common law traditions such as the right to keep and bear arms, habeas corpus, jury trials, and various other civil liberties were adopted in the United States. Significant elements of English common law prior to 1776 still remain in effect in many jurisdictions in the United States, because they have never been rejected by American courts or legislatures.^[6] Approximately one third of the world’s population (approximately 2.3 billion people) live in common law jurisdictions or in systems mixed with civil law.