{"id":2211,"date":"2010-07-11T03:09:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T10:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2010-07-11T07:36:02","modified_gmt":"2010-07-11T14:36:02","slug":"constitution-articles-v-vi-and-vii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/11\/constitution-articles-v-vi-and-vii\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitution: Articles V, VI and VII"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"us-constitution\"<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

We are going to cover the Constitution and its Amendments line by line.\u00a0 When Republicans wave their paper props and parrot their vile machinations, we will be prepared to expose the lies.\u00a0 The text comes from<\/span> The US Constitution<\/a>.\u00a0 It will be displayed in black, while my comments will be indented in blue.\u00a0 Earlier articles include:<\/span><\/p>\n

Preamble \u2013 Article I, Section 5<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article I, Sections 6-10<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article II, Section 1<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article II, Sections 2-4<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article III<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article IV<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Article V<\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The founding fathers made the Constitution possible, but difficult, to change.\u00a0 It made two items unchangeable prior to 1808.\u00a0 The end to the importation of slaves in 1808 was immutable.\u00a0 Also any Amendment allowing direct taxes, except as imposed according to a state\u2019s population, was forbidden prior to 1808.\u00a0 It also made one provision not subject to amendment ever: all states are to be represented equally in the Senate in perpetuity.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Article VI<\/h3>\n

1:\u00a0 All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.<\/p>\n

The new nation assumed the debts it had acquires on the road to independence.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2:\u00a0 This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.<\/p>\n

The Constitution gives Treaties the same precedence as laws and even the Constitution itself.\u00a0 It is interesting to note, therefore, that the Obama administration does not have the Constitutional authority to ignore our treaty obligation in Part I, Articles IV & V of the<\/span> UN Convention Against Torture<\/a>, which requires active prosecution of those who have authorized torture.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3:\u00a0 The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.<\/p>\n

Considering all the Republican attacks, accusing Obama of being a Muslim, they are applying a religious test in direct contradiction to the Constitution.\u00a0 In addition, Republicans during the Bush regime applied religious tests to hundreds of positions, making Jerry Falwell\u2019s Liberty University the most common alma mater in government service.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Article VII<\/h3>\n

The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.<\/p>\n

And so the Constitution became law.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What we have seen so far in this study is that what the Constitution says, and what Republicans are claiming it says, are completely unrelated.\u00a0 To them it is only a piece of paper, to quote an infamous moron, despite their deceitful claims that they are defending it.\u00a0 The believability of those lies depends on public ignorance.\u00a0 Since the mainstream media have largely failed in their responsibility, the truth will remain hidden unless we make it known.<\/span><\/p>\n

But our study is incomplete, because some of the most interesting and controversial elements of the Constitution are contained within its Amendments, so that\u2019s where we will go from here.<\/span><\/p>\n

I shall try to put up a new article in this series almost every day.\u00a0 It will take some time to cover it all, but when we\u2019re done, we shall be immune to the lies with which Republicans seek to undermine our freedoms.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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