HOW SANTORUM REJECTS THE CONSTITUTION

More than anything else, the U.S. Constitution is an outline of the concept of federalism. Federalism is the very basis, or is supposed to be the very basis, of American government. This doesn’t register one bit with Rick Santorum. Writes Ann Coulter:

Even when I agree with Rick Santorum, listening to him argue the point almost makes me change my mind.

I also wonder why he’s running for president, rather than governor, when the issues closest to his heart are family-oriented matters about which the federal government can, and should, do very little.

It’s strange that Santorum doesn’t seem to understand the crucial state-federal divide bequeathed to us by the framers of our Constitution, inasmuch as it is precisely that difference that underlies his own point that states could ban contraception.

Of course they can. States could outlaw purple hats or Gummi bears under our Constitution!

State constitutions, laws, judicial rulings or the people themselves, voting democratically, tend to prevent such silly state bans from arising. But the Constitution written by James Madison, et al, does not prevent a state’s elected representatives from enacting them.

The Constitution mostly places limits on what the federal government can do. Only in a few instances does it restrict what states can do.

A state cannot, for example, infringe on the people’s right to bear arms or to engage in the free exercise of religion. A state can’t send a senator to the U.S. Congress if he is under 30 years old. But with rare exceptions, the Constitution leaves states free to govern themselves as they see fit.

In New York City, they can have live sex clubs and abortion on demand, but no salt or smoking sections. In Tennessee, they can ban abortion, but have salt, creches and 80 mph highways. At least that’s how it’s supposed to work.

And yet when Santorum tried to explain why states could ban contraception to Bill O’Reilly back in January, not once did he use the words “Constitution,” “constitutionally,” “federalism,” their synonyms or derivatives. Lawyers who are well familiar with the Constitution had no idea what Santorum was talking about.


He genuinely does not seem to understand the Constitution’s federalist framework, except as a brief talking point on the way to saying states can ban contraception…

If he truly believed in the Constitution, Santorum wouldn’t be promoting big social programs out of the federal government, such as tripling the child tax credit exemption and voting for “No Child Left Behind.”

No federalist can support this man.

For those who claim to be “constitutional conservatives” supporting Santorum basically renders that label meaningless. Santorum has repeatedly attacked the 10th amendment, which most of the Founders considered the strongest emphasis possible of what the entire Constitution was really all about. I made this same point about Santorum, his ignorance of the Constitution and his rejection of federalism at The Daily Callerearlier this week.

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(NOBODY BUT) RON PAUL ATTRACTS 2,300 VOTERS AT A SPOKANE, WASHINGTON CAMPAIGN RALLY

OVERFLOWS CITY’S CONVENTION CENTER, CONTINUING A MEMORABLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CAMPAIGN TOUR

BELLEVUE, Washington – 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul attracted an astonishing 2,300 voters at his Spokane, Washington campaign rally today, ending this day of campaigning in the Pacific Northwest with an uncharacteristically large display of support.The 12-term Congressman from Texas’ rally took place at 7:30 p.m. PST at the Spokane Convention Center. Taken together, Dr. Paul’s Pacific Northwest campaign visit has so far resulted in his having reached thousands of supporters and undecided voters in candidate appearances alone. Tomorrow, Dr. Paul heads to Boise, Idaho for another large rally.

Ron Paul Cheated Out of Victory Is Poetic Justice for Libertarian

By Jon C. Hopwood | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Thu, Feb 16, 2012

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Ron Paul's being cheated out of a probable victory in the Maine caucuses is an apt outcome for the libertarian candidate. If one trumpets a "night watchman" philosophy of minimal regulation, one can't complain when a minimally regulated private affair does not go your way.

Fittingly for a candidate who heralds a "revolution" in the name of non-government, the Maine caucuses were an anarchic affair. The actual voting is still in doubt, nearly a week after the final day of Maine's main caucusing process. (Municipal-based Republican Party committees are permitted to hold their individual caucuses between Sunday, January 29, and Saturday, March 3rd, though the state GOP urged the committees to hold their caucuses in the week running February 4th to February 11th. )

The Maine caucuses drew a paltry 6,000 Republican voters, a stunningly sparse turnout for a state with 1.32 million citizens, where 28 percent of registered voters were declared Republicans as of 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2012 Statistical Abstract.

Legally, the Pine Tree State's caucuses, like all political party caucuses, are a private affair run by a private entity, the Maine Republican Party. The caucuses are not an election but part of a complicated process by which the Maine GOP picks its delegates to the national convention.

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