Dear editor,
A recent federal judge's decision over asylum claiming immigration was criticized by President Trump. My purpose at this time is not to debate the judge's decision but to discuss John Roberts' decision to defend that lower court judge as not being a political activist as any judge would be by not following our Constitution.
First, Amendment I of our Constitution uses the actual words of "no law" in its writing regarding religion, and "the free exercise thereof."
The one Supreme Court's ruling uses the words "a separation of Church and State" and now as case law, this phrase from the Federalist Papers' writings of James Madison, has been repeated by the same courts. The Constitution's "promote the general Welfare" clause from the Preamble or "provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;" clause from its actual body of written law never once mentions a federal monetary welfare system provided to the citizens.
Since the Federalist Papers played such an important role with that other Supreme Court ruling let’s go back to the same papers where the same author of our Constitution, James Madison stated, "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."
Now let’s move to Amendment II and its stated clause of "shall not be infringed". The "regulation" of anything is the direct definition of it being "infringed" upon, and not to mention you being a criminal all depends on where you are standing within any state. This was not the intent of our Constitution. So how did we get to this point of words from the Federalist Papers replacing the actual words of our Constitution, then disregarding the thoughts of the same man in the same papers regarding the "general Welfare of the United States" and the regulation of guns with all obviously promoted by one political party? Five words; unconstitutional political activist judicial judges!
STEVEN KING
Milton
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