With all that we have seen occur at the national level over the last, let’s say “50 years,” it became obvious to me that the nation is not being governed by Foundational Principles. I came to this conclusion a long time ago but could not put my finger on it other then what I’ve discussed in my presentation “From Covenant to the Present Constitution (The Tale of Two Constitutions).” Yet that is a complex answer to what I think many are looking for in a simple rational.
With how the national government is acting one has to wonder if anyone knows how to govern? My conclusion is ‘NO’ because they are not functioning as intended under Federalism. As I mention next, we have been functioning as a national constitutional fascist system since 1913. That sounds harsh but, when you look at the discussions of the Federalists and Anti-federalists in comparison to early 20^th Century amendments and institutionalization of government. Well, the result is what the Anti-federalist predicted in No. 3, 7 and 9.
Ok, so I’m going to attempt to keep this simple and not the 20,000 words that I could write on this topic. In Particular I’m going to let Madison and several of the other Founders give the details with my, hopefully, slight interjection. Let’s just for a moment look at the turn of events after the Civil War amendment debacle. I’m not going to go retroactive to that point but I will take us back just over 100 years and what I’ve been discussing on my radio program regarding Edward House and his pseudo auto-biography “Philip Dru: Administrator.” Continue reading →