A Constitutional Contradiction?
Say it ain't so, right? Well, like the Bible, there are no contradictions in the Constitution, only apparent ones. Don't get me wrong, I'm not putting the Constitution on the same level as the Bible. The Bible is the word of God. The Constitution, while perhaps a wise and good document, is still a man made document. A document that at least one founding father or two said will only work for a moral or religious people. Some groups or people cannot support the Constitution because of their beliefs. That being the case, they should not be allowed to be an elected official. Some folks think that Constitution contradicts God's word the Bible. But as originally intended, it does not.
One of those "apparent" contradictions are the 10th and 14th amendments. The gist of the 10th amendment is that where the U.S. Constitution is silent, the rights belong to the States and people. It's where we get the Jeffersonian principle of State Nullification, and dare I say, the right to secede from the Union (yes, we've been down that road before). The 14th Amendment is also known as the "Supremacy Clause." Some citizens, usually liberals and leftists, believe that any federal laws that are passed override State Constitutions and laws. In other words, if the federal government passed certain so called laws, the 2nd and 10th Amendments might as well be yanked out of the Constitution based on their flawed understanding of the 14th Amendment. So what is the intent of the 14th Amendment? There's not enough room is this article to quote it and the 10th Amendment, so please look it up for yourself. But I submit to you that it is referring to Treaties and laws expanding on the meaning of the U.S. Constitution.
So, for a real life example, if Congress gave in to pressure and passed the current S.25 Assault Weapons Ban, Alabama and other States would still have the right to pass a law nullifying it. The Federal Gubmint :-) would probably think that the so called Supremacy Clause would override it, but it wouldn't.
Look, I'm not saying I'm the only one contacting our state elected officials, but they need to hear from a lot more West Alabama citizens. Please get your heads out of the sands of distraction and busy-ness before it's too late. There are things that we can and must do, and it's not just election time every 2 years.
I hope everyone has a blessed Easter, or better, Resurrection Day. If you would like to meet and talk, and you are not committed to a Bible-believing Church, I would love to meet you at Calvary Baptist Church in Vernon on 7th St. SW between Hwy. 18 and Co. Rd. 9 at 10:30 AM Sundays (9:00 AM Easter Sunday) and 6:30 PM Wednesdays.
Bret Lovitz, aka Pester Brat, is the founder and director of the National Outreach "Fellowship of Concerned Constitutional Patriots" and the local chapter La-Fayette Meeting Place. He's a former pastor and radio & TV talk show host. You can follow him on his 2 Facebook accounts (Pester Brat, and Bret Pester Brat Lovitz that includes his weekly Gimme 5 videos on most Monday mornings), on Rumble (Pester Brat), and his blog at pesterbratdotcom.blogspot.com. His email address is pesterbratdotcom@aol.com.
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