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For such a time as this ....... RALLY AROUND MICHELE BACHMANN FOR POTUS 2012!
Re: the Republican Primaries for 2012 - Nomination for President (Character and Moral Integrity is Paramount in a godly leader who will serve, "We the People")
In my humble opinion, I still firmly believe that Michele Bachmann is the best candidate for the 2012 Republican Primary Nomination and I will vote my conscience, casting my vote for Michele Bachmann …. and leave the results up to God (disregarding the Liberal News Media Polls …. which are controlled and manipulated by the Globalist Elites’ Big Money and Power – the very things which are contrary to and in opposition to “We the People and True Freedom”). Michele Bachmann is a leader with core convictions and you can count on her to secure our borders, enforce Illegal Immigration policies that work ..... and promote Legal Immigration policies that attract the best and the brightest to America so that economic growth and innovation is bolstered, creating jobs for Americans without unemployment. May God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.
In Liberty,
Robert Sohn
If the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed! Glory to Christ in the highest! Sons of Liberty.
Psalm 46
God Is Our Fortress
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.[a] A Song.
1God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
Selah
4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.
10 "Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!"
11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah
Excerpt from - Restraining Judicial Activism: An Overview of the Current Situation (by David Barton, 2003)
The government established by our Founding Fathers included unique provisions virtually unknown to other governments of their time. Of those provisions, the "separation of powers" between the branches was probably the single feature which contributed most to America becoming the world's longest ongoing constitutional republic. Regrettably, much of that original plan with its constitutional checks and balances has been set aside in recent years. The result is that one branch - the judiciary - now regularly dominates the other two.
The Founders' desire to separate and check powers was rooted in the truth presented in Jeremiah 17:9: "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who can know it?" This passage encapsulated what Puritans, Calvinists, and others termed the "depravity of man"; that is, the unrestrained heart of man moved toward moral and civil degradation. Society, therefore, would be much safer if all power did not repose in the same authority. With the division of power, if one branch became corrupt, the others might still remain trustworthy and thus be able to check any wayward influence. As George Washington explained in his "Farewell Address":
A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us for the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power by dividing and distributing it into different depositories .... has been established.
Alexander Hamilton similarly explained:
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint ..... The infamy of a bad action is to be divided among a number rather than .... to fall singly upon one.
The Founders avoided the consolidation of power in any single branch, and the Constitution especially reflected their understanding that the judiciary should remain the weakest of the three branches. Confirmation of this is evident in the Founders' writings and especially in the Federalist Papers. (The Federalist Papers were described by Madison as "the most authentic exposition of the text of the federal Constitution as understood by the body which prepared and the authority which accepted it."
In that work, James Madison first declares that in our government "the legislative authority necessarily predominates," and then Alexander Hamilton explains that ....
.... the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution .... The judiciary is, beyond comparison, the weakest of the three departments of power .... and the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter.
One reason the judiciary would not endanger the liberty of the people was that the Founders specifically withheld all policy-making powers from it. In fact, when the delegates at the Constitutional Convention considered a proposal to expand the power of the judiciary into the legislative policy-making process, that proposal was soundly defeated. During that debate, delegate Luther Martin had summed up the feelings of most of the delegates when he warned that if the Court were allowed to enter into the legislative domain, or to substitute judicial policies for legislative ones, then the people would lose confidence in their government:
Excerpt from - Restraining Judicial Activism: An Overview of the Current Situation (by David Barton, 2003) - (CONTINUED)
It is necessary that the supreme judiciary should have the confidence of the people. This will soon be lost if they are employed in the task of remonstrating against (opposing and striking down) popular measures of the legislature.
Yet, today the Founders' clear constitutional design has been ignored. The Supreme Court is no longer simply one branch among three; it is now, literally, the "supreme" branch. In fact, in recent years, it has even described itself as "a super board of education for every school district in the nation," "a national theology board," and amateur psychologists on a "psycho-journey." Far too many of our current policies on criminal justice, education, morality, etc., are not the result of legislative action but rather of judicial decrees.
Furthermore, in a number of recent cases, the courts have even unilaterally reversed the outcome of direct elections by the people. Apparently, if a special-interest group loses at the ballot box, it need only file suit in federal court to have itself declared the winner. For example:
In Compassion in Dying v. Washington and in Quill v. Vacco, courts reversed the results of elections in Washington and New York in which the citizens had voted to forbid physician-assisted suicides;
In Missouri v. Jenkins, although citizens voted down a proposed tax-increase, the courts nevertheless ordered the tax to be levied;
In Yniguez v. Arizona, the courts reversed the results of the vote by Arizona citizens that English be the official language of the State;
In LULAC v. Wilson and Gregorio T. v. Wilson, the courts suspended the results of the California vote to withhold State-funded taxpayer services from those who are illegally in the country;
In Carver v. Nixon, the courts set aside the results of a statewide election wherein Missouri citizens voted to approve campaign financing reform by setting limits on candidate contributions by individuals;
In U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton and Thorsted v. Munro, the courts overturned the results of elections in which citizens in Arkansas and Washington had voted to limit the terms of their elected officials; and
In Romer v. Evans, the courts overturned a constitutional amendment approved by Colorado citizens to forbid awarding special, rather than just equal, rights to homosexuals.
There are numerous other examples. And, unfortunately, many lower courts often demonstrate an even greater propensity for overruling and micromanaging the beliefs and values of their citizens.
By assuming the role of policy-maker, the judiciary has invaded the constitutional responsibilities assigned exclusively to the other two branches. Yet this tendency by the courts is not new.
Policy-making was attempted by the judiciary even during the early years of the republic and has since continued periodically across the years. However, contrary to the current climate, in earlier years, judicial activism and policy-making often resulted in a recourse authorized by the Constitution itself: impeachment!
Our conservative strategy is more than just about beating Barack Obama and his liberal allies. It's about getting the most conservative-minded statesman into office .... who will serve, "We the People" and uphold the founding documents our country was founded upon. This is why I support Michele Bachmann for POTUS. She is someone you can TRUST ..... and that is rare in Washington, D.C. Moreover, we need to work on getting the most conservative candidates into office at every level of government (to fight against Anti-Religious Laws, Immoral Laws that undermine the Family and Life, United Nations Agenda 21, Radical Islam, the Unions, Socialism, Communism, etc.). So, keep up the good fight and do NOT give up and ..... do NOT settle. Have a great day!
Sincerely in Christ,
Robert Sohn
William Penn applied a dramatically different approach when he established the government of Pennsylvania under a short and brief governing document at about the same time. Penn believed that good laws were necessary, but he did not believe that a long constitution filled with righteous laws would be the means of securing good government. He explained that something more was necessary:
Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them ..... Whererfore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government cannot be bad ..... But if men be bad, the government will never be good .... I know some say, "Let us have good laws, and no matter for the men that execute them." But let them consider that though good laws do well, good men do better; for good laws may lack good men .... but good men will never lack good laws, nor allow bad ones.
Penn argued that the soundness of government depended more upon the quality of leaders than the quality of laws - the same position set forth in Scriptures such as Proverbs 29:2, which declares:
When the righteous rule, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.
John 16:33
English Standard Version (ESV)
33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
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Because our early leaders viewed having Godly leadership as being indispensable to the preservation of American government, Noah Webster instructed students:
In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate - look to his character .... It is alleged by men of loose
principles, or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications for public stations.
Webster noted that those who alleged that religion and morality were not essential considerations for public office fell into one of two categories: either they themselves had loose principles, or they had defective views of the subject. He continued:
The Scriptures teach a different doctrine. They direct that rulers should be men "who rule in the fear of God, able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness."
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For such a time as this ....... RALLY AROUND MICHELE BACHMANN FOR POTUS 2012!
Re: the Republican Primaries for 2012 - Nomination for President
Isaiah 55:8-9
English Standard Version (ESV)
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Why choose godly leaders? When we choose godly leaders, they are servant-leaders who will first seek to honor God and follow His will and as a fruit of their obedience to God in pursuing all that is good and true, "We the People," are in return ....... blessed through their work and ..... the policies and laws that are legislated will reflect God's nature and character (The 10 Commandments - which reflect God's perfect laws of human behavior; the 10 Commandments are not theological, but reflect behavioral issues in civil society).
"We the People," must look deeper and beyond our own limited, finite wisdom and look to God, the creator of the universe and the Lord of all creation because ..... God always knows what's best:
Proverbs 25:2-3
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
3 As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,
So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
When we choose godly leaders, we can be assured that they have a love for the truth and will fight for what's right. They will carry out their duties to God and Country. They will protect us from enemies .... both foreign and domestic. They will fight for just laws and restore, maintain and preserve our Constitutional Republic as originally intended by our Founding Fathers:
Proverbs 21:3
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
3 To do righteousness and justice
Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice.
When we choose godly leaders, we can expect them to make wise decisions based on Biblical truth:
Proverbs 17:24
King James Version (KJV)
24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Colossians 1:15-20
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Preeminence of Christ
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Excerpt from - Restraining Judicial Activism: An Overview of the Current Situation (by David Barton, 2003)
The government established by our Founding Fathers included unique provisions virtually unknown to other governments of their time. Of those provisions, the "separation of powers" between the branches was probably the single feature which contributed most to America becoming the world's longest ongoing constitutional republic. Regrettably, much of that original plan with its constitutional checks and balances has been set aside in recent years. The result is that one branch - the judiciary - now regularly dominates the other two.
The Founders' desire to separate and check powers was rooted in the truth presented in Jeremiah 17:9: "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who can know it?" This passage encapsulated what Puritans, Calvinists, and others termed the "depravity of man"; that is, the unrestrained heart of man moved toward moral and civil degradation. Society, therefore, would be much safer if all power did not repose in the same authority. With the division of power, if one branch became corrupt, the others might still remain trustworthy and thus be able to check any wayward influence. As George Washington explained in his "Farewell Address":
A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it which predominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us for the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power by dividing and distributing it into different depositories .... has been established.
Alexander Hamilton similarly explained:
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint ..... The infamy of a bad action is to be divided among a number rather than .... to fall singly upon one.
The Founders avoided the consolidation of power in any single branch, and the Constitution especially reflected their understanding that the judiciary should remain the weakest of the three branches. Confirmation of this is evident in the Founders' writings and especially in the Federalist Papers. (The Federalist Papers were described by Madison as "the most authentic exposition of the text of the federal Constitution as understood by the body which prepared and the authority which accepted it."
In that work, James Madison first declares that in our government "the legislative authority necessarily predominates," and then Alexander Hamilton explains that ....
.... the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution .... The judiciary is, beyond comparison, the weakest of the three departments of power .... and the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter.
One reason the judiciary would not endanger the liberty of the people was that the Founders specifically withheld all policy-making powers from it. In fact, when the delegates at the Constitutional Convention considered a proposal to expand the power of the judiciary into the legislative policy-making process, that proposal was soundly defeated. During that debate, delegate Luther Martin had summed up the feelings of most of the delegates when he warned that if the Court were allowed to enter into the legislative domain, or to substitute judicial policies for legislative ones, then the people would lose confidence in their government:
It is necessary that the supreme judiciary should have the confidence of the people. This will soon be lost if they are employed in the