The
U.S. Constitution
At the time of its formation, the
Constitution was created in secrecy and in direct contradiction to the
mandate of the Congress, which was to amend the Articles of Confederation
that were governing the infant nation since the end of the American revolution.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the President of the United States
was known as the President of the United States in Congress Assembled.
The one year Presidency was very limited in its scope, responsibility and
authority. The Constitution, in contrast to the Articles of Confederation,
established a strong four-year Presidency, but still only providing extremely
limited powers to the office.
President Abraham Lincoln suspended
many fundamental rights guaranteed in the Constitution and the Bill of
Rights. He closed down newspapers opposed to his war-time policies and
imprisoned what many historians now call political prisoners. He suspended
the right of trial and the right to be confronted by accusers. Lincoln's
justification for such drastic actions was the preservation of the Union
above all things. After the war and Lincoln's death, Constitutional law
was restored.
Supreme
Court
President Andrew Jackson used executive
powers to force the law-abiding Cherokee Nation off their ancestral lands.
The Cherokee fought the illegal action in the U.S. Supreme Court and won.
But Jackson, using the power of the Presidency, continued to order the
removal of the Cherokee Nation and defied the Court's ruling. He stated,
"Let the Court try to enforce their ruling." The Cherokee lost their land
and commenced a series of journeys that would be called The Trail of Tears.
Miscellaneous
Facts
If you are a registered voter you
probably have been assigned a UPC code already tht aren't even aware of.
(I had offered to help in campaign headquarters one time here in Phila.,
PA and was shocked when I was asked to help put into order hundreds upon
hundreds of computer printouts on EVERY registered voter in the state of
Pennsylvania and saw that immediately next to every voters name and address
was a UPC code linked to that person. I walked out of there and never
went back.)
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