Yes

by Daniel Cloud

Created on: January 25, 2012   Last Updated: January 26, 2012

Within the last decade, our elected officials have thrown trillions of dollars in the trash, passed the illegal Patriot Act, given illegal authority to the Department of Homeland Security to grope and sexually assault you at an airport checkpoint, and even inserted illegal stipulations in the NDAA of 2012. I can think of no greater education than the original United States Constitution being taught in schools, right from the start. Illegal power grabs by high-ranking officials, including the current and past President, seem to take place whenever someone in power “feels like it”.

The U.S. Constitution has strict orders for the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch. All of these laws seem to be ancient history to the idiots in Washington today. It is vital that children are schooled, and schooled correctly, in the U.S. Constitution, and how it delegates powers to those who hold elected office.

If today’s future adults do not understand the Constitution, then they are doomed to allow the government to usurp power and authority that is not legally granted by the Constitution. Sadly, this has been happening for decades, and it seems there is little that can be done to stop it if representatives such as Ron Paul do not speak out more. Educating children and even adults in what the Constitution really says will prevent power grabs that border on dictatorship-like policies and power.

A curriculum in the Constitution will teach children the fundamental elements of how government is supposed to operate, as opposed to how it is currently operating. Children need to understand that only Congress can declare war, and Obama illegally joined the Libyan rebellion. President Obama did not have the authority to send troops off without the consent of Congress. Actions like these should be taught to children so as they reach adulthood they can see what the government is doing wrong and protest.

One of the most Constitution-shattering laws passed is the Patriot Act. Children need to understand the Bill of Rights, and how this illegal law is technically invalid as it eliminates amendments, such as the 4th Amendment which states that we are not subject to illegal search and seizure. Yet the government has no problem continuing to illegally spy on its own citizens like a fascist regime.

The 10th Amendment is very important to teach children. It explains that the states have powers not delegated to the federal government. So if the federal government has illegally taken powers not delegated to them, then the states have the right to reject the federal law as invalid and illegal.

The horrible NDAA of 2012 uses vague language to undermine the entire Bill of Rights. No right to a trial by jury, no evidence needed to arrest someone, no Miranda rights, no lawyers, and secret FEMA prisons. This is absurd. We should educate children now that many illegal activities by the federal government are in place. Only a future generation of educated children can protest these grievances. Most of all, teach children the 1st Amendment which gives them a right to protest, and free speech against the crimes of government.

A generation that is well-versed in the U.S. Constitution and law will be a generation prepared to defend our rights as we continue forward in government. We need future representatives who understand the Constitution like their ABC’s so they can protect the citizens of the United States from their own government.

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