The U.S. Constitution: Partially
Revived on June 25, 2003
July 4, 2003
by Ed Ward, MD
On June 25, 2003, President Bush signed the "Keeping Children
and Families Safe Act of 2003". "Over the years thousands
of homeschool families have been victimized by social workers operating
on nothing more than a tip from an unknown stranger," said
Michael Farris, General Counsel for Home School Legal Defense Association
(HSLDA). "Such aggressiveness, in a system which presumes guilt,
can result in needless pain and anxiety for families," said
Farris. In November 2001, HSLDA reminded the House Committee
on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Select Education
of this forgotten piece of paper, The Constitution of the United
States of America.
This law will inform Health and Human Services Department's social
workers of the Constitution of the United States. Supposedly, social
workers will actually have to inform families of the charges of
which they are accused, before they remove the children from the
parents protection and force the children to a physical inspection
of their bodies. Social services will receive "additional training"
to inform them that United States citizens have rights against unreasonable
search and seizure. There will even be a citizens advisory board
to hear complaints about Constitutional rights violations.
It only took a little over a year and half to get the bill signed.
There was apparently no rush to restore the Constitutional rights
of United States residents and citizens. The basic rights of individuals
didn't rate in the political agendas of the elected Democrats and
Republicans. After all, it's getting to be election time and the
parties needed time to scapegoat their opposition. The judicial
branch has had and still has no concern over basic constitutional
rights. Their main concern was getting into the bedrooms of Americans
to decide on what type of sexcapades citizens would be allowed to
have.
During the year and a half period of this slothlike reaction time
of our legislative and executive branches of government that was
required to grace the people of the United States with their basic
Constitutional rights, almost 5 million families were invaded unConstitutionally.
That's, at a minimum, 10 million people whose rights were allowed
to be violated from the time they were "informed" of these
abuses. There is no mention of the fact that these abuses to the
Constitution were passed by both parties, which consist mostly of
lawyers. They had to know they were passing laws that were destroying
the rights of every family in the country and the resulting court
battles would be very lucrative to other lawyers and the court system.
It's alot easier to sell judgeships in a lucrative environment.
HSLDA dealt mainly with homeschoolers and that is understandable.
They stated that many of these unknown strangers that filed unsubstantiated
"tips" were from those holding a grudge against home schooling
or possibly some financial gain from shutting homeschoolers down.
HSLDA did not concern itself with other unsubstantiated, unknown
"tips" that might arise from a grudge, vindictiveness
or financial gain in other circumstances of Constitutional abuses
against individuals, children and families. In those domestic situations,
grudges, vindictiveness and financial gain are much more prevalent.
Hopefully, Constitutional rights will be "allowed" in
more than the area of homeschooling, but, in all aspects of child
protection, children, individuals and families.
The United States Constitution has and is being subverted by the
3 branches of our government. We are more an oligarchy than a republic
at present. The republic is based on the Constitution and the Bill
of Rights. When those are denied, we are ruled by those that have
caused the violations.
The system of checks and balances has been subverted by the judicial
system. The judicial system is supposed to be non political and
hold the feet of the executive and legislative branches to the fire
by enforcing the Constitution of the United States. How can the
judicial system perform that check when the very position of a judge
can be sold for the going price of a judgeship.
Our free press has been subverted by allowing a few key corporations
to obtain most of the ownership of the media outlets. A fact for
which these corporations must be very grateful. Is there an incentive
for these conglomerates to inform the public when their basic Constitutional
rights are being destroyed? Is there an incentive for these conglomerates
to inform the public about any circumstances that might bite the
hand that feeds them?
And finally, the public has been subverted by years of political
scapegoating, spinning, spending and outright lies. The public seems
have lost its outrage against political government injustice when
directed at the citizens. Have we become a "sheeple" of
a government of political agendas and spin? Will the public take
back their individual, familial and Constitutional rights? Are we
patriots of the rights and values of our founding fathers or a government's
political spin that is subverting those rights and values.
The Constitution is there for a reason. The Bill of Rights is there
for a reason and there would have been no Constitution without them.
There would be no United States without them. It can not be subverted
for a "good cause" or any alleged reason by those that
think they are better or know more than our founding fathers. When
that happens the principles upon which this nation is founded are
destroyed.
Ed
Ward, MD
Ed Ward bio: Midwestern University, Wichita Falls,
Texas, 1978, BS in Medical Technology. Louisiana State University Medical
Center, New Orleans, LA, MD, 1985. Residency in Family Practice, at
Washington-St. Tammany Hospital in Bogalusa, LA, 1987. Private General
Practice clinic for 16 years, retired.
Non Medical Published: It's
Almost Official; Abuse U.S. Courts For Power and Profit, April
28, 2003, News With Views.
Founder of Hunger Strike for Justice in the US
and Canada, March, 2003. Founder of the New Orleans branch of the
national organization, Fathers
On Rights for Custody Equality. Moderator of Fathers' Integrity
and Rights Movement site. Grateful for MensNewsDaily.com for being
one of the few sources for truth about men in the present day political
correctness of ignoring and maligning men in the national media.
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