{"id":12051,"date":"2019-03-31T09:29:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T13:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=12051"},"modified":"2019-03-31T09:29:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T13:29:31","slug":"the-peoples-sovereignty-is-the-foundation-of-constitutional-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/the-peoples-sovereignty-is-the-foundation-of-constitutional-law\/","title":{"rendered":"The People\u2019s Sovereignty Is the Foundation of Constitutional Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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American Greatness<\/strong>, by Edward J. Erler<\/a> –March 30, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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... There is not a single prominent American Founder\u2014not Madison, Hamilton, Adams, Mason, Randolph, Wilson or any of a host of others\u2014who did not believe that the Declaration served as the authoritative source of the Constitution\u2019s authority. Miss this point and you cannot understand the original intent of the Constitution. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pulliam cites Justice Scalia as an authority. However much we may praise many of the conclusions Scalia reached on the bench, it remains that Scalia, unlike Justice Thomas, was a positivist\u2014saying on one occasion that if the majority voted to legalize abortion, then it should be legal. Thomas, however, realizes that according to natural law principles, abortion is a violation of the natural right to life that is expressly protected by the Constitution. In the face of Thomas\u2019 argument, Pulliam collapses: natural law\u2014\u201cwhatever that is.\u201d Is it really so difficult!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consent of the Governed Meets the Ghost of Calhoun
<\/em><\/strong>The Founders said in the Declaration that inalienable natural rights were the gift of the Creator and endowed equally on every human being because their nature as human beings demands it. Governments were instituted to secure the inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Note, too, that this equality in nature is the basis for the Declaration\u2019s statement that \u201cjust powers\u201d of government derive from the \u201cconsent of the governed.\u201d Here is the social compact origins of government. When John Adams wrote the Massachusetts Bill of Rights in 1780 he gave the same, albeit more detailed, account of compact. Individuals form the social compact, not states. When Madison later said that \u201call free and just government is based on compact\u201d he said the compact is made by the unanimous consent of individuals, not states.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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