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Constitution Day
Sep/18/2006 02:31 PM Filed in:
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by selise
Sunday was Constitution Day, and I didn't know if I should have celebrated its creation or mourned the damage being done to it. A part of me still can't believe that we are actually debating torture, habeas corpus, gulags and secret warrantless spying. How did this happen? It took a failure of every democratic institution that should protect us from abuses of executive power - judiciary, legislative, and the press... and sadly we citizens have also failed in our duty to hold our government accountable. But no more... Just about 6 months ago, we first started coming together with a commitment to hold our political representatives accountable to their oath of office to defend the Constitution... and that was something I could celebrate on Constitution Day. Thank you.
"The willingness and ability of members of congress to live up to their oaths of office, to protect and defend the constitution, is intimately related to the most important safeguard of what America is all about." - Al Gore 3/12/06
Sunday was Constitution Day, and I didn't know if I should have celebrated its creation or mourned the damage being done to it. A part of me still can't believe that we are actually debating torture, habeas corpus, gulags and secret warrantless spying. How did this happen? It took a failure of every democratic institution that should protect us from abuses of executive power - judiciary, legislative, and the press... and sadly we citizens have also failed in our duty to hold our government accountable. But no more... Just about 6 months ago, we first started coming together with a commitment to hold our political representatives accountable to their oath of office to defend the Constitution... and that was something I could celebrate on Constitution Day. Thank you.
"The willingness and ability of members of congress to live up to their oaths of office, to protect and defend the constitution, is intimately related to the most important safeguard of what America is all about." - Al Gore 3/12/06
