Do You Understand the Constitution?| The Post & Email

Do You Understand the Constitution?| The Post & Email:

"THE STATES WERE SOVEREIGN WHEN THEY CREATED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

by John Sutherland, �2011

(Aug. 15, 2011) — Having had some rather intense inline correspondence with conservatives in recent days who were basically attacking Ron Paul as a kook, wanting the federal government to perform actions that they think is important, regardless of the constitutionality, and having the federal government control the actions of the states.

My only retort to them was to follow the Constitution, and to which, of course, I was told I just don’t understand the Constitution.

So, to simplify and declare my understanding and my position regarding the Constitution, here goes:

1. Representatives of the states wrote the Constitution, and with that document created the federal government.

2. The states are thus sovereign over the federal government – it is their offspring.

3. The federal government charter (the Constitution) lists exactly what the three branches of the federal government are supposed to do for the states in the realm of responsibility and shared sovereignty."

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