Our Constitution, Part VI

In Article VI:

"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

This is rather clear - the Constitution is the ultimate law of the land, and all judges are bound by oath to uphold it, even if states pass laws that are contrary to it. In other words, laws that are passed by any legislature that runs contrary to the Constitution are not enforceable.

The second part says that all our politicians are also required to swear to uphold the Constitution. They are not doing so. Currently, almost every state and federal politician in America has violated their oath of office to uphold the Constitution, as have many judges, and many have puposely and intentionally acted contrary to the Constitution.

If we are to have any hope of fixing what is wrong with our country, we must first insure that our officials - elected or appointed - adhere to the Constitution as it is written, and not according to whatever "flexible interpretation" they may want to bestow upon it. Our founders spent many months putting together the few pages of the Constitution because they wanted to make sure it says exactly what it was to mean, with no interpretation necessary.

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