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Post by spud on Feb 28, 2013 18:12:49 GMT -6
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Post by Eastwood on Mar 1, 2013 3:03:27 GMT -6
Good stuff Spud. Read all that in an article a while back, couldn't find it in my history, but ran across this: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistory/comments/18zm9q/why_do_we_still_revere_the_constitution_so_highly/c8jlp0zIt's about a 7 minute read. It's just one comment on an article on the constitution. Notable quote from it: "....The Constitution is a document directed at the government itself. It is not speaking to you or me. It is a set of rules the government must follow; it is not a set of rules the people must follow. If the Constitution doesn't allow the government to do it, or if the Constitution limits the government in a fashion, the government cannot do something. For example, the First Amendment does not grant the citizens the freedom of speech. Rather, it prohibits the government from making any law restricting our free speech. In other words, we already have an inherent freedom of expression, and the government cannot restrict it. But private citizens can. Remember, the Constitution does not apply to, and is not directed towards, private individuals. This is why you can protest or picket outside a government office on government property, but a privately owned mall can kick you off the premises for doing the exact same thing with the exact same message. The basic concept behind the Constitution is that originally any and all rights rest with the people...."
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