“I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

This is the oath of office for members of the United States Congress. The Constitution of the United States also provides that all executive and judicial officers of the United States and all of the individual states be bound by oath or affirmation to support the constitution. A solemn oath or affirmation is a public acknowledgement to be bound by the terms of the oath. Not upholding the oath once an office holder is in office is a repudiation of that office and is grounds for removal from office.

The leaders in colonial America were very intelligent, very well read, and very advanced in their political philosophy. They realized that, through all of previous history, political power had been used by the few to steal from and oppress the masses of people for their own aggrandizement. The Constitution of the United States was specially designed to prevent that from happening. The powers of centralized government were limited to specific, stated activities and authorities.

Our politicians have, for decades, become a danger to the American people because they have spit on the constitution, have overstepped their bounds and have violated their solemn oaths of office. Most of the acts of congress for the past 80 years have been largely unconstitutional. The Supreme Court justices have been accomplices in gutting the constitution and imposing interpretations exactly the opposite of the original meaning, in violation of their own oaths of office.

The Constitution is most certainly not a perfect document. One of the most egregious failings of the original Constitution was the acceptance of slavery, which is the repudiation of all rights of certain human beings. But that also points to one of its most beneficial and forward looking characteristics. The process of amendment was built into the body of the document, a process that allows for corrections and keeps the document fresh and powerful and ever-relevant. The Thirteenth Amendment, the abolition of slavery, corrected the defect and made the protection of individual rights more universal.

Many politicians justify their disregard and contempt for the Constitution on the grounds that it is old, and that the founders could not have anticipated the events and conditions of today. That argument, however, is the very reason for the amendment process. If times change and the constitution no longer serves the needs of the people, it is up to the people to update the constitution. Until such time and such amendment, the constitution stands, and every government official is bound to every word as it is written. The writing is not very difficult to comprehend.

There have surely been bad amendments, those which do not advance the freedom and welfare of the people, such as the prohibition of alcohol. Its repeal is proof that even bad amendments can be corrected. The welfare of the people is often the pretense that is used to justify much of the abuse of the Constitution. The General Welfare clause in the preamble is used to legitimize the myriad socialist redistribution schemes, but that interpretation flies in the face of the very next clause in the preamble, “and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” You cannot establish justice and secure liberty by stealing from the citizens, even it is for the pretended charity of hypocrite millionaire politicians.

The biggest obstacle to turning America back from the edge is that too many Americans want government goodies rather than accountability. They are willing to forfeit liberty for security and comfort. They ignore the danger that history, recent and past, holds before our eyes.

Our legislators, presidents and justices have become more of a danger to the American people than any foreign enemy. They are leading us on the path to destruction because they refuse to uphold their oaths of office. When our economy collapses, there are not enough deep pockets in the world to bail us out. When our constitutional protections collapse, we will be at the mercy of those who think that individual liberty is a quaint idea relegated to the history books. Americans, wake up and protect your constitution.