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What is a Constitutionally Limited
Republic?
REPUBLIC - ras publica (latin) - “affair of the people”.
Basically, it is a country that does not have royalty as its head of
government. Nor are republics necessarily free nations where the people
decide what the government can and cannot do. To wit, the Republic of
China and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
DEMOCRACY - This type of government, allows the people - the
majority - to make all laws and change any and all laws, usually in the
form elected representatives. Canada is a democracy.
A country can be a democracy and a republic at the same time.
MONARCHY / KINGDOM - This type of government has a king/queen
or other as its head. Generally, but not always, this ruler makes all
decisions and has the final say in all matters.
Frequently, a monarchy is also a democracy, as in the case of Great
Britain, where even though there is a queen, who can exert authority at
any time, the people are allowed to elect representatives and a prime
minister to oversee the daily affairs of the kingdom.
A country can be a democracy and a monarchy at the same time.
Great Britain is a Monarchy
Constitutionally Limited Republic - is a country where the
overall structure of the government, as well as the rights of the
citizens are laid out in writing. Generally, a country’s
constitution cannot be altered by a mere majority (50% + 1). It
usually requires a 2/3 “majority” and sometimes more to alter this
document, as in the case of the United States.
A country CANNOT be a democracy and a constitutionally limited
republic at the same time.
The United States
In order to amend the American Constitution, an amendment must pass
Congress with the support of 67% of the House AND Senate. From there, it
must go to each individual state legislature, where the same rule
generally applies. Once 75% of the States of the Union have ratified the
amendment, then and ONLY then can the Constitution be altered. This
system was designed by the founders so that it would very difficult to
change the founding document. And if the Constitution were altered, then
it would be because most people in the nation agreed.
So then, what is the United States?
If you said that it is a democracy, technically you would be correct.
Not because that is what the Constitution says but, precisely the
opposite - because the Constitution is not in effect. A game is being
played with you. According to the Constitution, the United States is NOT
a democracy. There is, obviously, some history that requires examination
here.
In 1933, an executive order was signed by then President Roosevelt
that suspended the Constitution. It was called “The War Powers Act”
or something to that effect. This executive order was NEVER rescinded
and is still in effect today, barring changes made by subsequent
presidents. Although, I am having difficulty finding the documentation,
I know it exists. By the same token, I can't see the sun at night, but I
know it is there.
Democracy amounts to little more than mob rule. Whatever the mob
wants, the mob gets. To quote from the Illustrated World Encyclopedia (©1969
New York), under the title democracy, it says:
| Since the people rule in a democracy, they can
have the government run any way they please. If they wanted to,
they could decide to take away all their freedoms. They could
decide that everybody would have to go to the same church and
read the same books and newspapers. They could decide that no
one could criticize the government or travel from town to town
without a passport or quit his job. |
Pretty scary isn’t it? Sounds more like Nazi Germany than the
United States. And yet you people claim you live in a democracy.
Welcome to the cold hard reality of oppressive government. Here is
something else - imagine this, those of you who have red hair.
Suppose there is a rash of crimes and moronic ideas by people with
red hair. Such are the crimes that there is an outcry from the populace
as you have never heard before. The people want all red-haired
individuals to be rounded up and have tests performed on them to
determine why this is happening and if a cure cannot be found, they want
them executed or banished from the land. Congress, abiding by the
“will of the majority”, obliges by passing the necessary
legislation.
In a democracy, it could happen. If the United States were abiding by
its Constitution, it could not happen.
I ask again, what is the United States today?
Is this compatible with the Constitution
and Bill
of Rights?
If you said this is a democracy then the Bill of Rights is worthless.
Show me an amendment in the Bill of Rights that has not been
“infringed” by Congress or other governmental institutions. There
isn’t one.
Yes, much to the chagrin of Jefferson, Madison, Washington, Jay,
Franklin, and others, you have destroyed their Constitutionally Limited
Republic and turned it into mob rule - a democracy. |
