Last month, Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Constitution made dramatic headline news and their consequences are still unforeseen. Meg Mott, Professor of Politics Emerita, will speak on “Our Dramatic Constitution” Wednesday, July 17, 5:30-6:30 PM at the Morrisville Centennial Library.
Mott’s interactive presentation offers the opportunity for what Mott, also the Putney Town Moderator, calls ‘a Good Clash’ – a constructive exchange of diverging views and ideas. Mott is not a Vermont conservative’s lockstep liberal stereotype of a Putney elected official and college professor. For example, in recent years she has spoken out forcefully in support of the Second Amendment.
Since its inception, the Constitution has been criticized for not doing enough to protect basic freedoms, Mott notes. Even with the addition of the Bill of Rights, slavery persisted.
Abolitionists were divided on whether the highest law in the land could ever be redeemed. After abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison publicly burned the Constitution at a rally in Framingham, Massachusetts, Frederick Douglass rebutted that political strategy, arguing – why surrender these timeless words to the desires of wicked men?
“Once again we are divided on the merits of the Constitution: can it redeem us or is it a convenient cloak for white supremacy? This presentation considers both arguments and then offers a third-way to consider the Constitution,” Mott said.
Neither a divine document nor a tool of elites, the Constitution might also be seen as an invitation to develop the habits of good clash, Mott said.
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Categories: Community Events, History
maybe we all could read a bit of what Frederick Douglass wrote, history is a good thing to brush upon when in doubt.
Another rwriter to look up is William J. Federer with his books “Change to Chains” and many more…. smart guy, he is!
Also maybe watch https://thehighwire.com/watch/ and see how our constitution protected us from the CRAZIES during crazytime with “schizophrenic Fauci lock-down for no reason time.” Watch his testimony in front of Congress for his many BAD jail time decisions.
Antonin Scalia: “The Constitution is not a living organism, it’s a legal document, and it says what it says, and it doesn’t say what it doesn’t say”.
Start here where they began lawfare warfare, lies, and deception to paper over our laws of our land:
December 23, 1913 -US Senate.gov (Funny how it’s always in the dead of night or right before a holiday!)
“It took many months and nearly straight party-line voting, but on December 23, 1913, the Senate passed and President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act. The need for a central bank became painfully evident during the financial panic of 1907, when the stock market collapsed, banks failed, and credit evaporated. Because the federal government lacked the tools to respond, it had to depend on private bankers, such as J. P. Morgan, to provide an infusion of capital to sustain the banking system. To correct the problem of an “inelastic currency,” Congress created a National Monetary Commission, chaired by Rhode Island Republican senator Nelson Aldrich. Aldrich proposed a system that would be run by private bankers who would act as federal agents. Progressives adamantly opposed what they called a surrender to the “Money Trust” and blocked its passage.”
In 1912 Democrats won the White House and majorities in both houses of Congress. Even before his inauguration, President-elect Woodrow Wilson began encouraging congressional leaders to enact banking and currency reform. In March 1913 the Democratic Senate created its first Banking and Currency Committee, chaired by Oklahoma senator Robert D. Owen. The House Banking Committee was chaired by Virginia representative (and future senator) Carter Glass. In June President Wilson formally proposed creation of a government-run Federal Reserve system. The House took up the issue first and passed a bill in September, after which the Senate Banking Committee began holding hearings.” (A super-majority of leftwits…and here we are yet again – hence, nothing new under the sun.)
“President Wilson later came to regret signing the bill: “I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated.” (You don’t say? Well, every President and Congress thereafter is bought and paid for by their Masters and each State has gone along with the great deceptions ever since.)
The only way out of this is to end the Fed, return to sound money backed by real money assets, repeal every unconstitutional, indebted servitude levy placed on our labor, and disband all three-letter agencies and NGOs. Represent the people – not political party donor whims and personal bank accounts. Without upending and clearing out this corrupt system, our vote is nothing but a quaint exercise in futility.
The Romans had enslaved 35% of the entire world, with their civilization and “I’m a God” leadership.
That would equate to about 116 million Americans today.
Those leading the world, following the true King of Kings were about bringing the end to slavery since Jesus walked this earth. One of the shortest books in the Bible is the book of Philomen.
Pennsylvania recognized the free black man from its inception. Vermont the 14th star abolished slavery from the inception.
Pastors of the Methodist tradition was educating and treating men of all colors as equals in the eyes of God.
Our country inherited slavery from England, we were a British colony until that point.
There was much talk about new totally African American settlements in Africa, Canada and Haiti. Haiti, who went through a slave revolution, mixed with the corrupt catholic church and African Voodoo. Richard Allen a leader in the new branch of Methodism was promoting these new freedoms in other areas, that was until he knew more and found out that these countries/groups of people were headed in the wrong directions.
They chose to stay in America vs. Go to Haiti, where black freedom was the norm. Why?
Look at the trajectory of these areas some 200 years later?
If your family had chosen,
Canada
Haiti
East Coast of Africa
United States.
While we may have strayed from the foundation of where our wisdom comes from, despite its many flaws, most of the minorities in America, rightfully chose to stay in America and we are all better for that.
Unwinding the world whereby 35% of the populations is enslaved takes some time and some doing. We are making progress, if not for those who are aiming to cause strife and hayhem, we’d be a lot closer to a more perfect union. But there are some who are hell bent on being rabble rousers, doing the work of those how love deceit, division and destruction.
We should choose our paths carefully, the herd doesn’t always go in the correct direction.
now, what will pickpocketpowell and grammy smellen yellen at the federal reserve say about this idea of removing the federal reserve/// these smart people are the only ones that can save you///// how about some more higher inflation////