Congress are either ignorant of, have contempt for or are just plain stupid about the United States Constitution

[Sandra]

"Most people whom we elect to Congress are either ignorant of, have contempt for or are just plain stupid about the United States Constitution. ... Here, in part, is the oath of office that each
congressman takes: 'I do solemnly swear (or affirm) 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....' Here's my question to you: If one takes an oath to uphold and
defend, and bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution, at the
minimum, shouldn't he know what he's supposed to uphold, defend and be
faithful to? If congressmen, judges, the president and other government
officials were merely ignorant of our Constitution, there'd be hope --
ignorance is curable through education. These people in Washington see
themselves as our betters and rulers. They have contempt for the limits
our Constitution places on the federal government envisioned by James
Madison, the father of our Constitution, who explained in the Federalist
Paper 45: 'The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the
federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the
State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be
exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation,
and foreign commerce. ... The powers reserved to the several States will
extend to all the objects which in the ordinary course of affairs,
concern the lives and liberties, and properties of the people, and the
internal order, improvement and prosperity of the State.'" --economist Walter E. Williams

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