Constitutional Freedom

Freedom is a God given right, and the oppressive evil which is becoming our government is of the devil. The government today is here to tell you what to do, when to do it, and there should be no questions asked. The history of the world and the history of our beautiful country proves that we the PEOPLE are meant to be free. We need to WAKE-UP!!! We are missing out on great opportunities to spot our loss of rights and freedom, and the time is NOW to get up and fight for the God given liberties that we were born with. As the Prophet John had said, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32) God wants us to wake up, he wants us to learn all we can, so that we can further the power of truth. We all must under stand the great importance of education, we need to spend time talking to our friends and our neighbors. Spread the word, help other people wake up and realized what this terrible act of tyranny is commencing on our own soil. A true American hero once said,”the constitutions of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that is it their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property and freedom of the press.” (Thomas Jefferson) Please read that three of four times if you really need to… Now reflect on the United States now. What do you think?

Obama is making a change yes a change to communism. This is not a conspiracy, this is a fact. The powers of the government these days has grown out of our hands. The federal government is now controlling the economy, our health, our minds. We are subject to these evils because we allow ourselves to be consumed with the heard of sheeple. Sheeple go home turn on the TV and tune out, while billions of dollars are being flashed in front of our eyes and eventually we began to strive to be like our favorite Television shows. We lose ourselves and our minds and, eventually forget our GOD given freedoms. Now believe me it is hard to believe that Television is controlling you, but it is your duty to go and find the REAL answer. I would rather you do not believe me and do research on these things. Statistics show that “the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube.” (www.csun.edu) That is a scary fact.

So its not just the scholars duty to wake up and realize these things, it is our duty as individual human beings to expand our mind to learn and to read. Stay informed! Do not waver in disbelief, sit down and find your own truths. Listen to the truths of our past, our heritage, there is a reason why the government wants you to be distracted. Those should be our main focuses especially since they blind us with profit, and hide the facts of the loss of rights. Obama is turning our country upside down. We cannot just sit and watch it happen, we cannot just sit at home while we become enslaved! A very dear hero of mine recorded, “And under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby ye can be made free. There is no other  name given whereby salvation cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon you the name of Christ, all you that have entered into the covenant with God that ye should be obedient unto the end of your lives.” (Mosiah 5:8) Stop letting the news tell you who is good, or bad. Listen to yourselves God gave you a brain to think. Not to let other people think for you.

Now let us make a promise today that we will go and find the truths. Find out your real freedoms, read the constitution. (THAT IS WHAT THIS WEBSITE IS FOR!!!) As Morpheus said, “There’s a difference between knowing the path, and walking the path.” (the matrix) Now it is our turns to Walk the path.

Tyler C

Is the First Amendment more of a freedom or a protection? While the arguments on either side could fill a volume of encyclopedias, I would posit that it is both. Turning back to the arguments brought by the Framers, proponents described one object of the Bill of Rights is, “to declare and specify the political privileges of the citizens in the structure and administration of government.” Nevertheless, in Federalist No. 84, Hamilton went so far as to call a bill of rights as not only “unnecessary in the proposed Constitution, but would even be dangerous.” Nonetheless, the Anti-Federalists won. Yet the important part is not so much which argument won, as is the process the men went through at the Constitutional Convention to arrive at a final compromise. The fact that the Framers took the time to dissect and rehash an exhausted argument, I believe, shaped the Constitution and resulting amendments we have today.

Essentially, the First Amendment most famously described as the Amendment regarding freedom of the press and freedom of speech, preserves our rights and liberties in those realms. However, it accomplishes much more than a simple preservation of rights. While it is lauded for permitting peaceful public assembly and the right of the press to voice concerns and publish newsworthy information; it also shelters the American people from themselves. It reads:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Couched within the framework of the First Amendment are protections that have developed with regard to defamation. There are also limits upon where people may voice their opinions and how; even though many of such limits are subject to tests of strict Constitutional scrutiny. Maybe it can be better said that freedom is a protection in and of itself. Still, I would add that our freedoms need bounds. Perhaps, this mirrors the fear expressed by Hamilton that a bill of rights would be dangerous and “would afford a colorable pretext [for individuals] to claim more than were granted.” Even today, I would wager that some still hold similar fears as those of Hamilton. However, I believe the very essence and conduct of the Constitutional Convention should assuage those fears as it stands a model of what the First Amendment’s freedoms are all about.

The Convention not only allowed dialogue and argument, but actually encouraged discussion of controversial issues. Nevertheless, decorum was essential and fully recognized within the walls of the Convention. Like the Framers realized, our Constitutional freedoms should never be removed from us, but must be acted upon and utilized within a framework of established civility necessary to the preservation of society. Without so-called limitations upon our freedoms, we would not live in a democracy, but an anarchy.