Sunday, September 16, 2007

The Constitution of No Authority

Names for tomorrow... Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, International Ignore the Constitution Day, Social Contract Day, etc.
Tomorrow the authoritarians will tell us how important the Constitution is, how perfect it is, how it is the fullest expression of Liberty.
Things that I can think of, off the top of my head that would be relevant...
From Robert LeFevre: Background to the Constitution and The Constitution Revisited
From the man who pwns this day: Spooner's No Treason (or as read by Marc Stevens)

As RadGeek said in 2005:

You, too, can celebrate Ignore the Constitution Day! Today, completely ignore all claims to authority granted in the Constitution. Live your life as if the Constitution had no more claim on you than the decrees of Emperor Norton. Enjoy your rights under natural law; you have them whether or not the Constitution says one mumbling word for them. While you’re at it, treat the Constitution as completely irrelevant in political arguments too; instead of complaining that unbridled war powers for the President are unconstitutional, for example, complain that they are evil; instead of reciting that damn Davy Crocket bed-time story again and complaining that government-controlled disaster relief is unconstitutional, complain that government-controlled disaster relief is foolish and deadly. (If the Constitution clearly authorized unilateral war powers for the President, or abusive and incompetant government-controlled disaster relief, would that make it okay?) And, hell, while you’re at it, quit complaining that forced Constitution Day celebrations may be unconstitutional; complain instead that they force children to participate in cultish praise for the written record of a naked usurpation.

Just go ahead. Ignore the Constitution for a day. See what happens. Who’s it gonna hurt? And if your political reasoning becomes sharper, your discourse no longer bogs down in a bunch of pseudo-legal mummeries, and you have a pleasant day without having to ask anybody’s permission for it, then I suggest you continue the celebration, tomorrow, and every day thereafter.

I really don't have anything to add to that.

Edit: Another good anti-Constitution tract by Wm. Lloyd Garrison from RadGeek.

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