Is it true that the u.s. constitution is being overthrown by foreign political interest?

Pilgrim

You're joking, right?

It's being overthrown by OUR OWN politiians.
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Ayin Y

A- We still have the right to bear arms. The prohibition on personal weapons was overthrown a few days ago.

B- The court overthrew bush's anti-habeas corpus. So we still have that right also.

C- Freedom of Speech hasn't been impaired at all. Notice that you are in here saying these things?

D- There are none of these. Some foreign surveillance can take place if a warrant is signed within an hour.

E- That isn't in the constitution.

F- Contracts by federal law must have the consent of both parties. What do you mean by that?

CDK

No. The constitution was overthrown by domestic political interests, but this is old news. Foreigners just watched and laughed.

A- right to bear arms has been essentially cancelled, recent decision notwithstanding. it took 30+ years to get a blatantly illegal handgun ban thrown out. virtually impossible to get a conceal carry permit in most states. laws on gun ownership are so complicated and hard to navigate that law-abiding citizens are afraid to own a gun at all because they fear (correctly) that they will somehow get in trouble for violating one of the thousands of regulations...
B- for all practical purposes, federal habeas corpus rights died decades ago about the time the rooker-feldman doctrine came into existence. habeas is now nothing but a totally gutted remedy that virtually never provides any relief to anyone, regardless of how wrongful their conviction was. my sources in the ninth circuit tell me that the petitions are not even read anymore on appeal unless the judges have already heard about the case through other channels. the first page is skimmed by law clerks, at best.
C-freedom of speech is so far down the tubes it is unbelievable. government continues to hyperregulate radio and television broadcast, "free speech zones" are now commonplace, protests are broken up by violent police officers with anti-crowd weapons merely because they are loud or racuous [that is the point!], and increasingly people's unrelated speech is used against them in criminal prosecutions.
d- warrant and probable cause requirements might as well not even exist anymore given the DUI exception, the automobile exception, the "high crime area" exception, not to mention the administrative exception...
e- constitution protects the right to travel between states. read it more closely and you'll find it.
f- completely true. increasingly, individuals are deemed to have consented to jurisdiction in far away places merely by having done something like sold a magazine to the place, travelled on the road there, etc. etc. This is beyond ridiculous and everyone knows it.

Freedom in america has been on a serious decline ever since the 40's, with a short bright spot during the late 50's-early 70's. We now have more laws, more taxes, more people in jail, more regulations, and more governmental intrusion into the lives of citizens than at any time in history.

kearneyconsulting

No.

A. The recent Supreme Court decision clearly upheld the individual right to bear arms.

B. While there has been some question about the right of habeas corpus for Guantanamo prisoners, habeas corpus seems to be safe at this time.

C. The First Amendment appears to be safe if one looks at recent Supreme Court decisions.

D. Recent Congressional action (Patriot Act) may have eroded the concept of warrantless searches somewhat.

E. I know of no Constitutional or god-given right to travel without a driver's license but, of course, valid government- issued identification is required for airline travel.

F. Do not understand this contract issue.

Chris h

It is the enemy within that is the problem.

What the hell does (F) mean?

Tmess2

What foreign political interest are you referring to.

Ok the Bush Administration has tried to do B and D, but that's not a foreign political interest that is good old American style ultra-conservatism and the courts have pretty much rejected those efforts.

The Supreme Court has recently upheld A & B. There have always been some exceptions to Freedom of Speech and the Warrant Requirement. The Supreme Court rulings on them are essentially the same as they were 20 years ago.

You still have the right to travel without a driver's license, you just can't drive a car without one. For boarding planes, boats, and trains, you do need an official ID card but that does not prevent you from exercising the right to travel.

You do have the right to refuse to enter into contracts. But the person on the other side of the contract has the right to offer take it or leave it terms. If you don't want to be bound by those hidden terms, read the contract first. If you don't read it, don't gripe about what's in it.

Kev

well according to the John Birch Society, it is true. jbs.org.
but I think Bill Clinton did a fine job at ratifying the constitution to allow torture of others, and Bush and his adminstration are doing a fine job of attacking/violating our civil linerties with the patriot act,also the fourth circuit court upheld Bush's right to detain Americans indefinately, without being charged of a crime, based on an allegation of being affiliated with terrorists- sounds pritty fascist to me

rickinnocal

Um, none of your claims are true.

Richard

yachoo

You want to lose all your rights? Put a Democrat in the Presidency and see where your rights go when the Supreme court gets shifted.

KERMIT M

Pilgrim nailed it.

Sylvia S

I'm not neccessarily sure it is being overthrown by foreigners.Although the make up of the people who wrote the constitution is entirely different than the people charged with upholding the constitution in this day and age. I think people get elected by angry constituents who want revenge and they elect officials who will deliver that for them.And so the constitution is being ignored so that wrongs felt by certain groups appear to be righted. As long as the supreme court feels as if they make laws and not the elected officials we will continue to move further away from the constitution. Eventually, or hopefully like minded people will move to certain states and become the majority within that state and sooner or later states will take back their rights under the constitution or else the people of those states will revolt. The Constitution gives the federal government very limited powers. It gives the individual states infinite rights. We have not been infiltrated by foreigners....we have been infiltrated by idiots.

John D.

Well here is the thing about that our rights were given to us by God. And they can't be taken away by man, no matter how important they think they are. And yeah it does seem like slowly we have lost freedoms.

P.S.

The constitution is being used as toilet paper by 99.999% of all lawyers, judges, and politicians.

But no one will take my guns. If we all stay armed to the hilt , we'll be safe from the tyranny of the U.N. and the cops.

Charles C

Must agree with the pilgrim for the most part. Except that we allow our politicians to do it.Our votes do count, we just don't use them intelligently.

McCain/Romney I WISH

No
It is being destroyed by the socialist we have in this country.

Mogollon Dude

Yes , It's now like an old movie poster framed and hanging on the wall of an old forgotten classic film .

catwomanlovesmj

Possibly, but moreso our own government is doing that.

zarek k

Being overthrown by own supreme court justices

Liberty

Foreign?
Hardly. It is being overthrown, but by a majority of the brainwashed American populace and their elected bureaucrats.

Rip Torn

Absolutely they are. These lobbyist are using the clout they have most, money. Yes politicians are selling us down the river but they are getting the money from the lobbyist to do so. Look how the Chinese are using lobbyist to get what they want and if we don't vote out the politicians who are voting to sell us out then it will be to late. I suggest that we look into voting records to tell our politicians how we feel, and if they continue then they will lose our vote. " God Bless America " and " In God we Trust ".

EXXONMcCAIN

no it is being rewritten by McCain and the Bush administration

armychick_2001

A Greek named George Soros is trying to do exactly this. He's the power behind moveon.org. He's a foreigner, but we don't really need his help.

Most of these things are being done thru the Patriot Act - by our very own American Congress.

wmayers99

No, it's been shredded by George W. Bush and his henchmen!

Vitruvius

Foreign Political Interests? What? The only interest foreigners have in the United States is how to disinvest their money, and withdraw from the New York Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ.

It is of the utmost irrelevance to anyone whether you gun eachother down to the last man. The fault is very firmly your own, because you were not sufficiently concerned with the Wholesale Purchase of your astonishly corrupt, fatally Jerry-Mandered electoral process by your own Multinational Corporations.

In addition, you allowed two Coups d'Etats to take place, in 2000 and 2004.

From then on, it has all deteriorated rather badly. And then of course, you started giving away mortgages free with every packet of breakfast cereal.

The Good News is that you are not a Banana Republic. To meet the definition of "Banana Republic" one must meet all of the following conditions;
1. Foreign Policy controlled by an foreign owned Fruit Conglommerate.
2. Less than 50% Functionally Adult Literacy.
3. Ethnic Minorities within the Criminal Justice System are over-represented by a factor of 10, relative to the Wider Population.
4. The Electoral System is viewed with suspicion by the International Community.
5. The United States is not a Banana Republic.

4 out of 5 doesn't count.

Most people dont know who's pulling the strings in all of this, but its not hard to figure out if you think like a power player,
its the Worldbank and all of thier organizations.

Big E

I myself don't think it is. It appears to me our fellow brother's and sister's from all parts, backgrounds, up bringing, education and on and on are the guilty people who are ripping the only chance of hope and recovery from the depth's where this once great Country has sunken to its soon resting ground of stupidity, don't have time or just no care for the future of the children the same people are bringing into this world. I have tried to open the blinders for a few people and as soon as the light goes shinning to show the path of righteousness they slam the blinders so don't have to know. That's just to much and I (just me) can't change nothing anyway, right! Wrong, if enough of us true Americans stood our ground and don't coward down. We the People would be in the middle of the second revolution and wouldn't see or hear one shot. Everybody should read and understand Article I, Section 8, Clause 17.

jesswzmn

yes and with the help of inside traitors.

Homer Being

No, its being overthrown by corporations who pay their way out of every problem. Political interest isnt the problem, its our own corrupt politicians and even political and economic systems which are to blame for our mess.

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