A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties (23 page)

juries (jury system),
143
–44,
164
–68

jurisdiction, of federal courts,
143

“Justice and domestic Tranquility” in Preamble,
49
–55

local rule,
54
–55

in marriage,
53
–54

preserving justice,
55

proper procedure,
50
–51

trustworthy law enforcement,
51
–53

Langdon, John,
15

law enforcement,
51
–53

leadership

of House of Representatives,
102
–3

of Senate,
106

legislative branch (Article 1),
97
–124

congressional order,
108
–10

elections and congressional sessions,
107
–8

House of Representatives,
99
–104

laws for liberty,
124

legislative powers,
98
–99,
124

limits on federal power,
120
–23

limits on state power,
124

passing bills,
110
–11

the Senate,
104
–7

specific powers,
112
–20

taxation,
112

text of,
197
–205

legitimate trials,
121
–22

letter of marque and reprisal,
118

Lewis, C. S.,
63

“liberty and justice for all,”
124

Lincoln, Abraham,
138

Livingston, Robert,
12

local police,
51
–53

local rule,
54
–55

McClurg, James,
19

McHenry, James,
18

Madison, James,
3
,
20
,
24
,
60
–61,
138
,
189

marriage,
53
–54

Marshall, Thurgood,
50
–51

martial law,
132
–33

Martin, Luther,
22
–23

Mason, George,
14
–15

medical malpractice,
144

Mercer, John,
23

Mifflin, Thomas,
17

military.
See
“common defense” in Preamble

militias,
119

Second Amendment,
60
–61,
160
–61

mob rule,
50
,
142

monetary policy,
80
,
113
,
115
–20

“more perfect Union” in Preamble,
40
–48

balancing federal and state powers,
44
–46

dangers of an imperfect union,
46
–48

escaping the details trap,
42
–44

preserving the union,
48

Morris, Gouverneur,
12
–13

Morris, Robert,
16
–17

national debt,
46
,
80
,
84
–87,
113
,
153
,
176
–77

National Guard,
119
,
160

National Security Agency (NSA),
162
–63

National Trial Lawyers,
144

“necessary and proper” clause,
112
,
120

New Jersey Plan,
23

Ninth Amendment,
168
,
214

Nineteenth Amendment,
180
–81,
220

notice of accusation,
166

number of representatives,
101
–2

Obama, Barack,
99
,
110
,
125

open primaries,
186

Opportunity Village, in Las Vegas,
76

Paine, Thomas,
192
–93

partisanship,
70
–71

“perfect Union” in Preamble,
40
–48

balancing federal and state powers,
44
–46

dangers of an imperfect union,
46
–48

escaping the details trap,
42
–44

preserving the union,
48

Pierce, William,
15
,
23

Pinckney, Charles,
20

“pleading the Fifth,”
165

police force,
51
–53

political conventions,
129
–30

political correctness (PC) police,
34
–37,
158
,
192

political parties,
70
–71,
129
–31

poll taxes,
185
–86

Poor Richard’s Almanack,
21

popular vote,
128
–29

postal system,
116

Preamble to the U.S. Constitution,
27
–96,
197

“we the People of the United States,”
27
,
29
–39

“in Order to form a more perfect Union,”
40
–48

“establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,”
49
–55

“provide for the common defense,”
56
–66

“promote the general Welfare,”
67
–82

“and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,”
83
–93

president (presidency),
125
–39

position and staff of,
127

powers of,
132
–37

qualifications, successors, and salary of,
131
–32

responsibility and accountability of,
137
–39

today,
139

presidential cabinet,
136
–37

presidential elections,
128
–31,
172
–73

presidential overreach and abuse,
111
,
126
,
139

limits on,
98
–99,
125
–27,
197
–205

presidential pardons,
133

presidential succession,
131
–32,
187

presidential veto,
111

president pro tempore,
106
,
131
,
223
,
224

privacy

Fourth Amendment,
65
,
162
–64,
213

security vs.,
64
–65,
162
–63

private charity,
75
–78

privileges clause,
174
–75

Prohibition,
180
,
181
–82

property rights,
165
,
214

proportional income-tax system,
72
–73

protecting innocent life,
89
–92

Rand, Ayn,
36

ratification (Article VII),
154
–55,
212

Read, George,
13

Reagan, Ronald,
38

recapitulation,
168

Reid, Harry,
110

religion (religious liberty)

First Amendment,
156
–60,
213

role at Constitutional Convention,
14

separation of church and state,
154
,
157

residency requirements,
148
–49,
185

rights, exercising power by knowing your,
30
–31

right to bear arms,
60
–61,
160
–61

Roe v. Wade,
91

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
133
,
183

“royalty,” limits on,
123

Rush, Benjamin,
18

salaries

of congressmen,
110
,
189
–90

of judicial officials,
142

of the president,
132

searches and seizures,
65
,
162
–64

Second Amendment,
56
–57,
60
–61,
62
,
63
,
160
–61,
213

“secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,”
83
–93

segregation,
50
–51

self-incrimination,
165

self-representation,
166

self-sufficiency,
74
,
76
–77,
87

Senate, U.S.,
104
–7

congressional order,
108
–10

congressional sessions,
108

limits on power,
120
–23

passing bills,
110
–11

specific powers,
112
–20

Senate Journal,
109

separation of church and state,
154
,
157

Fourteenth Amendment,
217
–18

separation of powers,
95
,
110
–11,
120
,
126

September 11 attacks (2001),
118

Seventh Amendment,
166
–67,
214

Seventeenth Amendment,
105
,
179
–80,
219

sex slavery,
173

Sherman, Roger,
15

Sixth Amendment,
165
–66,
214

Sixteenth Amendment,
178
–79,
218

slaves and slavery,
50
,
53
,
102
,
120
–21,
149
,
173
,
174
–76,
177
–78

soldiers

at Constitutional Convention,
17

quartering of (Third Amendment),
161
–62,
213

rules of ethical warfare,
59
–60

sovereignty of the Constitution (Article VI),
152
–54,
212

Speaker of the House,
103
,
131
,
223
,
224

speaking up, exercising power by,
34
–38

special-interest groups,
68
–69

special sessions,
108
,
138

speedy trials,
165
–66

state elections,
148
–49

state militias,
119

Second Amendment,
60
–61,
160
–61

State of the Union address,
137
–38

state sovereignty,
168
–69

states’ rights

balancing federal power and,
44
–46,
148
–50,
168
–69

benefits of local rule,
54
–55

limits of,
124

threats to,
44
–46

succession, presidential,
131
–32,
187

Supreme Court of the United States,
117
,
141
–42,
143

abortion and,
91

Affordable Care Act and,
99
,
110

presidential appointments,
134
–35

surveillance,
64
–65,
162
–63

Takings Clause,
165
,
214

taxation,
45
,
46
,
84
–85

dangers of unfair,
71
–73

fairness of flat tax,
72

limits on,
122
–23

role of Congress,
112
,
122
–23,
178
–79,
201
–2,
218

Sixteenth Amendment,
178
–79,
218

Tenth Amendment,
168
–69,
215

term duration and limits

House of Representatives,
100
–101

Twentieth Amendment,
181
,
220
–21

Twenty-Second Amendment,
182
–83,
221
–22

terrorism,
57
–58,
64
–65,
145

Third Amendment,
161
–62,
213

Thirteenth Amendment,
121
,
149
,
173
,
216

Thomas, Clarence,
134
–35

trade, role of Congress,
113

treason,
144
–46

Treasury, U.S.,
80
,
113
,
123
,
136
,
200
–201

treaties,
133
–34

trials,
121
–22

Fifth Amendment,
164
–65,
212
–314

juries and justice,
143
–44

Seventh Amendment,
166
–67,
214

Sixth Amendment,
165
–66,
214

Truman, Harry,
133

Twelfth Amendment,
129
,
172
–73,
215
–16

Twenty Dollar Clause,
166
–67

Twentieth Amendment,
181
,
220
–21

Twenty-First Amendment,
181
–82,
221

Twenty-Second Amendment,
182
–83,
221
–22

Twenty-Third Amendment,
183
–85,
222
–23

Twenty-Fourth Amendment,
185
–86,
223

Twenty-Fifth Amendment,
187
,
223
–24

Twenty-Sixth Amendment,
187
–88,
224
–25

Twenty-Seventh Amendment,
189
–90,
225

two-parent homes,
78
–79

two-party system,
70
–71,
130
–31

vacancies

House of Representatives,
102
–3

Senate,
179
–80

veto provision, of Congress,
111

vice president,
106
,
127
,
128
,
131

vicinage,
166

vigilant, exercising power by being,
31
–32

Virginia Plan,
20
,
22
–23

voter fraud,
176
,
186

voter identification,
108
,
185
–86

voting, exercising power by,
33
–34

voting age,
187
–88