Comments on: Our Constitution touches us all http://www.davisenterprise.com/forum/opinion-columns/our-constitution-touches-us-all/ Yolo County, California Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:11:01 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: alf http://www.davisenterprise.com/forum/opinion-columns/our-constitution-touches-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-453126 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:05:23 +0000 http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=380087#comment-453126 I think that’s right. The authors of the constitution would have been shocked and disgusted to see a president blithely ignore the constitution and laws passed by congress, just because he decided he wanted to torture people, for example. They would have told George Bush that getting his lawyer to write him a permission slip didn’t override the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, nor the statutes prohibiting torture.

]]> By: Paul Brady http://www.davisenterprise.com/forum/opinion-columns/our-constitution-touches-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-453121 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:21:15 +0000 http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=380087#comment-453121 Gad! What an eloquent and important piece regarding the Constitution, and from a Da Vinci High School student who cannot yet vote! As one who came from Canada and obtained American citizenship as an adult, I became aware of the hundreds of hours of thought, discussion and debate that went into this timeless document. How could people of that time be so wise such that the Constitution holds as our legal framework today. It allows individuals to participate, ensures our freedoms will be protected and that elected individuals will do their jobs correctly and with honesty.

I am saddened and disturbed when politicians claim it can be ignored today because it is so old. They feel they can change laws by fiat and ignore court orders when they do not like them. No one, not even a president, should be above the law and above the Constitution!
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