Well, do bear in mind that there’s a “reason” why (U.S. generals’) oath is to uphold the Constitution, not to obey the government. The folks who set that up envisioned that the two might someday end up in conflict, and wanted to make a clear statement about where the Army’s loyalties should lie.
Constitution Quotes
The illegal thing we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
The Puritan covenant would develop into a pillar of the American regime. For one thing, once the covenant idea takes hold, even a king can be accused of violating it. More important, covenants were forerunners of constitutions. As Kenneth Wald points out, the American Constitution not only reflects the covenant tradition but echoes its biblical […]
“We the people of the United States.” Which “We, the people”? The women were not included.
The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them.
To put the government, particularly, under the law. There’s a lovely quotation from a great patriot named John Dickinson to this effect – that the Constitution is written in simple language so that as long as the people have wisdom, they can understand it, and as long as they have virtue, they will insist that […]
The Constitution does allow the suspension of habeas corpus – in the single clause that establishes even a limited authority to abrogate law in wartime. This clause, however, appears in Section 9 of Article I – the article defining Congress’ powers – not in Article II, where the president’s powers are defined. That placement strongly […]
A Constitution should be short and obscure.
Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
It is during our most challenging and uncertain moments that our nation’s commitment to due process is most severely tested, and it is in those times that we must preserve our commitment at home to the principles for which we fight abroad.
