Our Constitutional Principles

by Bob Hathorne, Bob's Blog

(see Bob's Bio)

Election Season starts After Labor Day

Now that Labor Day is past, the election season is upon us with AZ voting starting in just 36 days on Wednesday, October 9^th when mail-in ballots will be sent you those on the mail-in voting list. 

To this end, the CS Golden Ticket will be sent shortly.

about this in the context of our seven Constitutional Principles.

The government we elect in November will interpret the Constitution how they see it. We know there is deep political division in this country and the Constitution is the binding set of principles that will keep us together as a country.

This is a good time to refresh ourselves on what it says.

The Seven Constitutional Principles

CLICK HERE for a more detailed explanation of each principle.

1. Popular sovereignty - rule by the people

2. Republicanism - the right to vote for representatives

3. Federalism - power shared between national and state governments

4. Separation of powers - branches of gov't that make, enforce, or interpret laws

5. Balance of Power - checks made on the other branches of gov't

6. Limited government - everyone is bound by the U.S. Constitution

7. Individual rights - personal freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights

We (America) are governed by the institutions and according to the rules and principles created and adopted when our Founding Fathers ratified the Constitution, making it “the supreme law of the land.”

Our Founding Fathers believed in a government “Of the People, By the People, For the People,” but they did not believe in pure or unrestricted democracy. They feared that democracy, strictly speaking, contained within the majority view, the impulse to mob rule, the stifling of civil liberty, and the trampling by majorities on the rights of minority views.

To put it more bluntly pure democracy frightened them.

Our Founding Fathers believed in a representative government as opposed to rule by the people (direct democracy). The Founding Fathers believed that “the people” would elect representatives (republicanism) whose wisdom would best define the true interests of the Country.

And, so today we still have a republic. (if we can keep it) and equally important we have a bicameral (two tiered US House and US Senate) legislative system…if we can keep it…

We have the House of Representatives (representing the people) and we have the House of the Senate (representing the states).  

between the majority and the minority views when making laws across our diverse country.

Today’s Democrats argue that the Senate is unfair…  “Why does Wyoming have equal representation as California?

Whereas Republicans retort…  “We are not a pure democracy…and shouldn’t be a pure democracy. If we were a pure democracy large states like California would overwhelm the needs and interests of small population States like Wyoming.”

As the Founding Fathers envisioned, our bicameral system is a republic (limited democracy) that prevents the majority view from becoming too powerful and oppressive. Conversely, it prevents the minority view from being ignored and oppressed by a powerful majority.

History tells us that ongoing oppression and exploitation of the minority political view leads to political breakdown, social unrest and even revolution. Our constitutional structure prevents this issue and is a major reason why our republic has lasted for 248 years.

Importantly, the States created our Federal Government. The Federal Government did not create States. This is why we are called the United States of America.

Just as we do not want one person or a small group of people to dominate our government, we do not want one State or a few States to dominate our government. 

A republic is a way of diffusing governmental power - and a brilliant one at that.

controlled by large urban centers in California, Illinois and New York. The Founding Fathers knew such a system would eventually ignore the needs of less populus, rural states in favor of the majority needs of densely populated cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. In a national popular vote system, the needs of Wyoming would cease to matter to the majority.

The Electoral College system has one vote for each congressional seat in a state. Here are a few examples:

• California – 55 Electoral Votes (53 US House seats, 2 US Senate seats)
• Arizona - 11 Electoral Votes (9 US House seats, 2 US Senate seats)
• Wyoming - 3 Electoral Votes (1 US House seat, 2 US Senate seats)

Each state has laws that determine who will be electors participating in the Electoral College in December, shortly after the November general election. These electors are bound to vote according to the laws of their state, generally according to the outcome of their state’s popular vote for president.

This system to elect a president is a check and balance respecting the majority vote within a state while keeping the balance of power between urban and rural states. Without this balance, only densely populated areas would elect our leader expecting their needs to be addressed while ignoring the needs of less populated states.

We have a Republican form of Gov't

Or will we surrender to democracy (mob rule) which is the stated objective of the radical, progressive (Marxist) ideology of the Democrat Party?

Will we vote for …

• Freedom?
• Liberty?
• Constitutional Rule of Law?
• Our God-given “rights”?
• The Bill of Rights?
• The Constitutional Principles?

Will we continue to have the freedom to recite, “I pledge allegiance to the FLAG of the United States of America…”? 

I hope you vote for the Constitutional Principles and the republican form of government that makes us the most exceptional nation in history.

Your vote will be the decisive factor…

COUNTRY FIRST … LOVE OF COUNTRY…

Bob Hathorne

Thank you Prager U and Professor Robert George of Princeton University for large portion of the enclosed.



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