Ron Paul Claim About Constitution and Federal Powers Fact-Checked

The core of his idea was that it’s another form of tyranny for a people to be governed by a document written by previous generations. Whether or not we could actually get together in 2022 or 2026 and write a good constitution is another conversation, but that doesn’t take away from the brilliance of Jefferson’s idea. Governing: It seems very unlikely that a fresh constitutional convention could, for example, successfully change or rewrite the Second Amendment. Beau Breslin: If you sat down and crafted a new Second Amendment today, it would be very different, but the notion of the right to own guns wouldn’t go away in this highly politicized environment.

Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.

After making his correction of the population per representative, Shallus explained it in his note of corrections: "The Word Thirty being partly written on an Erazure." Erasing ink isn't easy, and Shallus's effort to scrape away "forty" is easily detectable. ... Providing evidence of the difficulty that we all face in getting things right, Shallus managed to make a mistake in one of his corrective notations.

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; ... To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

The Declaration of Independence · IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776

But the proposed gift has raised a maelstrom of legal questions from Democrats, who say the gift would need the approval of Congress. ... The Supreme Court ruled on the evening of April 10 that the Trump administration must comply with a lower court’s order to “facilitate” the release from custody of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an immigrant who was deported without a hearing to a mega prison in El Salvador. The case underscores the issue of due process and what legal protections are afforded to noncitizens. ... The U.S. Constitution established Congress’ right to impose federal income taxes, and the Internal Revenue Service administers the laws that require payment of taxes.

Historian Jill Lepore's latest book, "We the People," describes a Constitution ratified by the people it governed, and designed to be changed by the very same. In other words, we aren't stuck with any of it.

Trump, who announced last month that he is running again for president, made the claim over the weekend on his Truth Social media platform. READ MORE: Trump criminal probes will proceed — even as he runs for president · "A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution," he wrote. "Our great 'Founders' did not want, and would not condone, False & Fraudulent Elections!"

Ron Paul "If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S. membership in the UN; no gun control; and no foreign aid. We would have no welfare for big corporations, or the "poor"; no American troops in 100 foreign countries; ...