Downfall Pt 10

Part 10

Article Four of the Constitution deals with states rights and how to deal with legal interests of one state when it involves another. It also covers extradition of criminals who flee one state for another.

There is one important section at the very end, Section 4. It says

"The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence. "

Notice it says that the United States shall protect each of the states from invasion. Have we not been invaded and are continuously invaded on a daily basis by illegal immigrants? Where is our protection as guaranteed by the Constitution? I have written my elected officials numerous times on this issue and I get nothing but hot air about Senate Resolution 2611 from my State Senators, and silence from my Congressman and the President.

This alone is a violation of their oaths of office when they swore to uphold the Constitution. Yet we the people whine and complain, but come election time we vote these same idiots back into office. WHY? Do you not pay attention to how they voted on this issue? Do you not know they are breaking the law by doing so? Do you not care? That is why I say that we the people are at fault, because we allow this nonsense to continue. I for one am sickened by your lack of concern and I am ashamed to call you fellow Americans!

That concludes my thoughts on Article 4 of the Constitution. Since it was a short section I will continue on with Article 5.

Article 5 is a short article also, but it covers how to amend the Constitution. So therefore it is of great importance, since any amendment to the Constitution if not thought over seriously could have a detrimental outcome.

Article 5 states,

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

I would like for you to read that, then read it again and think about what it says. First off, when two thirds of both the Senate and the House of Representatives deem it necessary they can propose an amendment to the Constitution. That just means it is a suggestion, not an actual change yet. Or the legislatures of two thirds of the states can call for a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution. That is just the first step, it is just the act of making a suggestion that something be added to or changed within the Constitution.

The next step to changing the Constitution is that the proposed amendment has to be ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the states. That means at least 37 or 38 of the states have to agree to the change before it becomes official.

The 16th and the 17th amendments were never ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures, therefore they are invalid. That is why I spoke out so fervently about that issue when covering Article 1 of the Constitution.

If you read Section 2 of Article one it says that,

"Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress..."

That is how our founding fathers set up the power of the federal government to tax you. Now let's look at the 16th amendment. It says,

"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration"

Read that closely, it basically means that they can tax you however they damn well please. They have done so, continue to do so, and will continue to do so unless you stand up for your rights and say enough taxation, enough government spending.

Think about something now. One of the reasons we went to war with England was because of taxes. Did you know that you now work almost all of the first 5 months of each year to pay the taxes you will pay throughout the year? If they did not tax you on anything at all through the year, that would include taxes on gas, electricity, telephone, the highways, your property, and all your sales taxes etc. etc. do you know how much extra money you would have. How about they then send you a bill at the end of the year for all taxes due, you would most likely have a heart attack! Yet they squeeze it from you little by little and we do nothing to say, STOP! Why, don't you want to keep as much of your money as possible? Yet you sit back and allow yourself and your wallets to be raped by a tax hungry beast that we have elected to represent us.

I have already covered the 17th Amendment and the implications of that.
I would urge you to contact your state legislature and have them work to repeal the 17th amendment. Return the authority over electing Senate members back to the states. Just think, the U.S. Senate voted to pass Senate Resolution 2611 which grants amnesty to illegal aliens. The people don't want it, and a good portion of the states don't want it. If the 17th Amendment were repealed every Senator who voted for it would face recall by the states they are supposed to represent. Not the special interest groups who line their purses and pay for their campaign expenses.

If you think that the 17th Amendment is not important read the following. (emphasis added)

In Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority,1 the Supreme Court held that state interests are more properly protected from federal encroachment by the procedural safeguards found in the federal political process rather than by judicially defined limitations.2 Justice Powell, in a strong dissent, asserted that the majority's decision reduced the tenth amendment to "meaningless rhetoric."3 In explaining its decision, the majority observed that State governments, through equal representation in the Senate, retain sufficient influence over the federal political process to insure their autonomy and sovereign interests.4 The Court, however, recognized that the seventeenth amendment, which provides for the popular election of Senators, may have diminished the influence that state governments have over the federal political process and, thereby, the effectiveness of the states' role in that process.5

Does that now show you that even the Supreme Court recognized the implications of the 17th Amendment? A good webpage to read about the 17th Amendment can be found at here I cannot emphasize strongly enough the importance of the states ability to monitor and have a say in how government operates. The 17th Amendment took that away and since then government has grown bigger, taxes have risen and we have lost the ability to make a difference. Our Senators now listen to those who finance their campaigns, not the states they represent.

That concludes my thoughts on Articles 4 and 5 of the Constitution. The next segment will cover the last two, Articles 6 and 7.