The only thing more complicated and often misquoted than the bible is the American constitution and like the bible it’s often done by people who claim to love and be experts in it. Republicans scream from the roof tops “Obama is shredding the constitution” but like most republican talking points it’s based in emotion and not reality. Looking at court rulings and “unconstitutional laws” that have been passed there is an assault on the constitution but it’s by the republicans who claim to love the document.
Part of the patriot act was ruled unconstitutional again, it’s not the first part and won’t be the last. The bill was pushed through by George Bush to suppress freedoms after the 9/11 attacks and we are finding out exactly how bad it really is. Since the first African American president has been re-elected we’re hearing terms we haven’t heard since the civil war or segregation like nullification. Many republican states have begun to pass laws nullifying federal laws, many of these laws have been on the books for years and were not offensive until Barack Obama became president. These same states tried this to get around slavery laws and later segregation laws by saying they do not recognize the authority of the federal government and today that thought process is back in full force. From gun laws to abortion laws to Obamacare these states and republicans are claiming the federal government has no say even though the Supreme Court of the United States disagrees with them.
Besides nullification laws these republicans have passed laws that spit on the constitution and best and shred it at worst. Anti-Sharia Laws have been passed or are attempted to be passed in many states even though they clearly violate the free exercise clause of the 1st amendment. The favorite assault on the constitution is their anti-abortion laws, ever since the Roe ruling republicans have been doing their best to overturn that ruling even if it means shredding the document they claim to worship. The court ruled that states can regulate abortion after 24 weeks but republicans insist that they can regulate a females body the minute she gets naked including who she can marry and what happens after sex. The newest assault on reason and the constitution is immigration laws, states are trying to pass their own laws even though the highest court in the land has ruled all the way back to 1880 that immigration laws is a federal not state issue.
Not to be outdone southern states have begun an all out assault on the 1st amendment. They’ve passed laws banning doctors from even asking if there are guns in a persons home no matter the mental illness a person might have and in Tennessee made it illegal for public school teachers to acknowledge or even say the word “gay”.
The big one that has passed in Michigan and Pennsylvania is the martial law bill that allows a states governor to come into you community and appoint leaders that would overrule your elected leaders. If your down or county is run by elected democrats all the republican governor has to do is say you are a fiscal drain on the state and he can send in someone to run you area whose decisions are final and your elected officials have no say in the matter.
We have seen this act before, it lead to the bloodiest war in American history and unless people wake up and the assault on America and the constitution is stopped before it gets out of hand we are only one spark away from another civil war in America. Whether it be the next Bundy Ranch where a shot is actually fired or African Americans uniting against a government that treats them different than white America (just look at the crime rates, police deaths etc.). America is at a breaking point and all it will take is someone to light the fuse.