Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Sovereignty


There is a classic battle in governance between the amount of sovereign power that resides at each level of government ... local, state, national and on up to the ultimate, world government. The United States went through paroxysms during its founding regarding how to allocate powers between the states and the federal government. The solution was resolved in the Tenth Amendment stating that "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." What complicates this power give and take is how this sovereign power is achieved ... by a democratic process, by subterfuge, by the sword, or by the claim that God/Allah/etc. bestowed it.

Enter Brexit, this Thursday's vote in Great Britain as to whether this country will exit the European Union, an unelected quasi-government that has usurped many of the sovereign prerogatives that were once reserved for the British people. All sorts of liberals in the U.S. including Obummer and Hellery ... and even members of the Conservative party in Britain, including the Prime Minister, David Cameron, are urging that the Thursday vote results be "stay."

What insanity would cause peoples to give up rights and powers to a bunch of bloated bureaucrats in Brussels who are constantly trying to force immigrants upon them and onto their welfare roles? And for that matter, why would the American people allow any of our rights to be transferred to those truculant tsars on the East River in New York City, the United Nations? This failed attempt at world government has, as far as I can determine, done nothing significant for the betterment of mankind other than spending mountains of (mostly U.S.) money on five-star hotels and expensive meals.

This gives me an idea. Can we, here in America, have a vote to exit the U.N. which, after a little research, I find was not mentioned in our Constitution? It would seem to me that the surrender of any of our inalienable rights to these mostly third-world hangers-on should have required a democratic process ... namely an amendment to our Constitution ... which I don't recall happening.back in October of 1945. Maybe we should have this seemingly Constitution-required  vote now?

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  1. There is a lot not mentioned in the US Constitution. The page http://www.usconstitution.net/constnot.html provides this list:
    The Air Force
    Congressional Districts
    The Electoral College
    Executive Order
    Executive Privilege
    Freedom of Expression
    (Absolute) Freedom of Speech and Press
    "From each according to his ability..."
    God
    Immigration
    Impeachment means removal from office
    Innocent until proven guilty
    It's a free country
    Judicial Review
    Jury of Peers
    "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"
    Marriage
    Martial Law
    No taxation without representation
    Number of Justices in the Supreme Court
    "Of the people, by the people, for the people"
    Paper Money
    Political Parties
    Primary Elections
    Qualifications for Judges
    The right to privacy
    The right to travel
    The right to vote
    The separation of church and state
    The Separation of Powers Clause
    Slavery (explicitly)
    "We hold these truths to be self-evident"

    Other topics:
    Constraints on the people
    Education
    Student, Animal, Gay, Lesbian Rights
    The word "democracy"
    Abortion
    Age discrimination
    Capitalism

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    1. Most of these, for good or evil, were created by nine men and women in black robes. But I still don't think the the SCOUS has ruled on the UN usurping any of our rights.

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    2. Actually, impeachment does not necessarily mean removal from office ... just a trial for same.

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