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The Essence of Liberty: Part 195 (1)
Compiled by
Dr. Jimmy T. (Gunny) LaBaume
A Summary of Gutzman, Kevin R.C. The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to the Constitution
Introduction
“Republicanism” is a system wherein policymakers are chosen by popular elections. “Limited government” and “federalism” are two ways of looking at the same system—a system in which the states came first then carefully delegated specific (enumerated) powers to a central government and retained the rest for themselves.
Is our federal government limited? If so, why is it that homosexual sodomy, abortion, affirmative action, prayer in schools and the outcome of the 2000 presidential election in Florida have all been decided by federal judges?
The answer is simple. Judges (particularly Supreme Court judges) have used the Constitution to write their own ideas into law. These ideas are a result of a mode of thought that has been inculcated into them through their legal education. Instruction in American law schools has, for some time now, focused on the “case method” whereby opinions of the courts (not the Constitution's text as understood by the people when they ratified) have become ”constitutional law.”
Constitutional law is the product of the political preferences of judges and lawyers and has nothing to do with history or the original understanding of the meaning of the Constitution. In other words, today's “constitutional law” is not constitutional at all.
This book explains how the Constitution was understood in the first place. Then it goes on to chronicle the federal courts' history of dealing with it. It fully explains how we went from a republican federal government with limited powers to an unrepublican “judgeocracy” with limitless powers.
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Jimmy T. LaBaume, PhD, ChFC is a full professor teaching economics and statistics in the School of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX. He does not speak for Sul Ross State University. Sul Ross State University does not think for him.
Dr. LaBaume has lived in Mexico and spent extended periods of time in South and Central America as a researcher, consultant and educator.
“Gunny” LaBaume is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. His Marine Corps career spanned some 35 years intermittently from 1962 until 1997 when he refused to re-enlist with less than 2 years to go to a good retirement. In his own words, he “simply got tired of being guilty of treason.”
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