The Greatness of the United States Constitution

Outstanding meme. Been preaching it for decades. The USA is not a democracy. It is a Constitutional Republic.

Everybody's been under the spell to look at governments as left and right. (Division is baked into this.) It should be on a scale as to show absolute power to no power.

Law is needed. Not for the law abiding. To protect the law abiding.

Our Constitution places us at about the 25% mark of the no law side of the scale.

All other forms of government is much closer to — if not at — the absolute power mark.

The US is both a representative democracy and constitutional republic, and though it may be more accurate to classify the United States as constitutional republic, democratic practices are embedded within the country because power is meant to come from the consent of the governed.

The Founders called the US a republic because they believed it was a government that derives its power from the consent of the governed, allowing representatives to make decisions on behalf of the people, rather than a direct democracy which they feared could lead to mob rule. This system was seen as a way to balance the rights of both the majority and minority while ensuring stability and order.

I never implied that America was a direct democracy but alright

Yeah people say 'freedom of religion' without realizing those words don't exist in the Bill of Rights. It just says Congress CANNOT make laws concerning the advancement, suppression, or influence of religion.

What people like the Left have done is use the excuse of 'Separation of Church and State' in getting Christianity shut down in the public square. It's another in line that DOES NOT EXIST in the Constitution. They do this by using another Constitutional Clause that states that courts can declare the constitutionality of a law or concern. . .but wait. . .that power for the courts DOES NOT EXIST in the Constitution.

In other words dems/leftists use powers that NEVER EXISTED IN THE CONSTITUTION to get their way.

Separation of church and state is shorthand for what it says about religion in the first amendment. We know it doesn't say those exact words 😂

You do know the Constitution is as literal as it gets in its meaning and words don't you. That's why it's only four pages in length. The whole 'open for interpretation' is also a type of myth/lie.

Separation of church and state is something Jefferson said in a letter once to somebody, something like that.

Separation of Congress from States and their Churches is what the Amendment expresses. It was protection for religious practice in States as they chose, free from the meddling of the Federal Government. It's supposed to protect religion, not constrict it.

So you're saying California could make Satanism their state religion and that would be legal?

Let me check.

Ah, here we go:

"lokiare

So you're saying California could make Satanism their state religion and that would be legal?"

A user going by lokiare is saying that.

Yes. I said that. You almost sound schizophrenic when you do that.

What Jefferson wrote about was people's fear of waking up one morning and learning that the US no longer a Christian based country but a Baptist, Methodist, Quaker, or one of the other denominations nation.

Um, those are Christian denominations, Protestant to be exact.