A real and present danger

While it is a bit of an extension to say that the Constitution died at Appomattox, it's not so much of a stretch to say the ACLU wants to put a stake in its heart... (You may have noticed that the title of this post wasn't "A clear and present danger." That's because the ACLU and their ilk do a good job of muddying the waters about what they are doing.) Each small victory for the ACLU is a body blow to the Constitution, a blow against the rule of law and a victory over morality and the forces of civilization. Does that seem like an outlandish statement to you? Let me direct your attention to a few things the ACLU is attacking now, or has been attacking: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." vs. "NYCLU [NYC chapter of ACLU] Urges Commuters To Report Stories On Bag Searches"_1_ Twisting the Fifth Amendment to make NYC citizens less safe. How nice. (What part of "provide for the common defence" does the ACLU/NYCLU not understand?) And speaking of twisting the Fifth Amendment, read the Fifth Amendment: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." Now, will you tell me just where in the Fifth Amendment a woman's right to kill her unborn child is found? And yet, that's what the ACLU argued to a runaway Supreme Court that the Fifth Amendment provided, so that they now claim that as one of their great victories: 1973 Roe v. Wade/ Doe v. Bolton One of the Court's most significant decisions, Roe erased all existing criminal abortion laws and recognized a woman's constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. In Doe, the companion case, the Court ruled that whether an abortion is "necessary" is the attending physician's call, to be made in light of all factors relevant to a woman's well-being._2_ So much for the rule of law. If "rule of law" meant anything to the ACLU, then it'd be ruled by what the law says. But what of the other Amendment dear to ACLU hearts (supposing such things can be found :-)? In First Amendment cases, the ACLU has been quick to do everything it can to intimidate with expensive lawsuits schools, cities and even private businesses whenever it finds expressions of Christian symbols or values, while either standing aside or finding plenty of resources to aid in the spread Islam, even to the point of aiding and supporting organizations like CAIR that actively support Islamic terrorism._3_; _4_; _5_ And what's with this business of re-defining—and getting credulous justices to go along!—"free speech" as "free expression" in the First Amendment, when "free expression" is a term Madison, the author of the Amendment, said was nonsense? ALL the Framers understood "free speech" (and a "free press") to mean discussion, either verbally or in print, of public policy. Grunts and howls and grabbing of genitalia and thrown feces (today called "artistic expression" by soi disant intellectual elites) they left to animals. What other bloody chunks of the Constitution do you want the ACLU to tear off? Just give 'em room. Pretty soon the pack animals of the ACLU and their ilk will have the Constitution fully digested and all we will be left with will be the... uhm, "end product" of their work. N.B. Much of the ACLU's intrusion into private or state affairs is due to their twisting of the 14th Amendment to make all Federal laws and all aspects of the Constitution—as the ACLU twists its clear text meaning—apply in all private and local and state matters. 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