Part I: Government
American Principle Six (Part III)
The Written Constitution Established
By Americans Is a Tool For Governing
Governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed."
Declaration of Independence
Constitutional law, before it was amended, protected the public treasury from being raided by government employees. It is important that we the people know and support the retention of honorable legislators, administrators and judges. Honorable officials do not dole out money flippantly, promote character-destructive legislation, and provide administrative favors or prejudicial judgments to privilege-seeking voters. This means no "quid pro quo."
Secondly, the basis for the Bill of Rights amendment details how the tool, albeit the people's treasury, must NOT be used to interfere with a citizen's freedom to learn, think, worship and work independently. This principle from the Bible, declaring that people have the right to view competing sources of knowledge and are free to choose, speaks to the tremendous value of the American Judeo-Christian heritage. This never before used basis for a nation's laws came from the Judeo-Christian beliefs of our Founders.
Called natural law, the "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" from the Declaration of Independence, reflect man's inherent ability to distinguish between right and wrong. These beliefs are also supported by man's conscience. Paul rejoices that "… the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world…" (2 Corinthians 1:12).
The original laws adopted by Americans uphold life and equal justice. They include the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman as well as the Ten Commandments. When natural law was adopted by the judiciary and legislators, it became known as the Common Law basis for the rule of law. Clearly superior to the vacillating rule of man, American law is traceable from the Bible to the Magna Carta (citizen sovereignty under God) to the Declaration of Independence and the citizens' Bill of Rights.
Common Law, resting on God-honoring values, caused immigrants by countless millions to flee authoritarian rule and come to America. It is the conspicuous benefits flowing out from the impartial "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" that unified our immigrant nation. That bond is reflected in the USA Today/Gallup Poll, May, 2010. Ninety-two percent of Americans believe in God and only five percent say they oppose the National Day of Prayer.
The Commission on Excellence in Education remains the premier American study of problems in public education. It states: "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." The report laments "the de-construct of the moral and spiritual strengths which knit together the very fabric of our society" (A Nation at Risk, the National Commission on Excellence in Education, April 26, 1983).
The meaning of diversity, applauded by American immigrant society, has now been perverted by laws, requiring citizens and public schools to assent publicly to sodomy, infanticide and atheistic education exclusivity, all of which are outside the envelope of life.
Americans had not sought to amend the Constitution, yet Langdell (dean of Harvard Law School, 1870-95) determined that the original intent and meaning for our written Constitution be scrapped. As long as the people's lawmakers in Congress willingly sit idly by, liberal judges will continue to modify or sanction laws that are outside the envelope of life and then endorse their own opinions. Secular militants who discount the Common Law moral fabric that powered American greatness speaks to the evil consequences of secularism which lead men and nations to self destruct.
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