The Emperor Has No Clothes

Last year, in response to Congressman Ron Paul's attempt to adhere to 
the Constitutional requirement of declaring war before the President 
may act as Commander-in-Chief, Speaker Hastert declared that the 
Constitution was "no longer relevant to modern society." Admittedly, 
he didn't intend to include the entire Constitution, simply that 
section that specifies that it is the function of Congress to declare 
war. The problem is that once you start being selective in your 
application of the Constitution, it becomes possible to ignore ALL of 
it. Last week, in response to questioning by reporters, United States 
Supreme Court Justice Scalia announced that the Constitution was only 
a list of minimums. We can now expect, according to Scalia, that our 
liberties will be curtailed to be more consistent with those 
minimums. One need not even mention President Bush. Even the dimmest 
bulb can perceive that he spends virtually all of his waking hours 
violating the Constitution that he swore to protect and defend. We 
are at a unique point in the history of the Republic: all three 
branches of the Federal Government are now in complete agreement that 
the Constitution is no longer relevant.

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