TRANSPACIFIC PARTNERSHIP: PROFIT OVER PEOPLE

The U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman has been pushing to not only complete the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership but also wants another pact with the European Union and three other major trade deals — all in the 18 months remaining in President Barack Obama’s term. 

It could add up to the biggest trade blitz in history, transforming the rules under which the world does business.

By allowing foreign busybodies to bypass the independent federal judiciary through TPP, we are blindly destroying what the US Constitution has built and protected.  The passage of TPP is a dirty deal that will fracture our constitutional rights and the US sovereignty. It's clear that we do not want the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) anywhere near our beloved America.

Considered as the largest "trade" agreement, this partnership involves 12 countries: United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. 

This pact will cover approximately 40% of the global economy. The appalling attempt to cunningly hide behind the name "free trade" does not make it less of a dirty deal. Clearly it is not all about trade. 

In fact, of the 29 drafts, only 5 of them tackle trade issues!  The bigger chunk of the agreement sets laws on non-trade matters. Issues such as food safety standards, environmental protections, and local labor laws could be threatened if TPP is passed successfully.

For 200 years, the US Constitution requires the Congress to write the laws and establish trade policies. Now, Obama has already brought back the old Fast Track process.

According to exposethetpp.org:

  

Fast Track handed the executive branch five key congressional powers - steamrolling key checks and balances in the Constitution by seizing authority vested in our congressional representatives:   

Power to select trade partners,
Power to set terms and sign sweeping "trade" agreements before Congress votes on them,
Power to write legislation to change all U.S. laws needed to conform with the agreements, skirt congressional review and amendments and directly submit this legislation for a vote,
Power to force votes within 60-90 days of submitting the implementing legislation to Congress,
Power to override normal voting rules. All amendments on Fast-Tracked FTAs are banned and debate is limited, including in the Senate.

Rep. Duncan Hunter purported that, "TPP calls for the formation of a permanent political and economic union known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission, which will have power to issue regulations impacting not only trade but immigration, the environment, labor and commerce." It is not a surprise at all that Mr. President doesn't want us to see what's inside the deal thus wanting to fast track said agreement.

The recent TPP negotiations in Hawaii came about with no resolution and will remain to be on the cards for the next 12 months. But it seems like the negotiators are even more determined to complete it by the end of August. According to Tim Groser, the Trade Negotiations Minister, the negotiations for the trade agreement will resume in Kuala Lumpur.

  

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Obama and His Allies Are Not Yet Done - An Executive Order to Confiscate Guns from American Seniors

Obama is not yet done with his anti-gun law that blatantly strips our constitutional right to bear arms. Indeed, he’s not. As per the 2nd amendment of the US constitution, it is the right of every citizen to bear arms for self-protection and safety purposes.

Obama, in an interview with BBC, said, "If you ask me where is the one area where I feel that I have been most frustrated and most stymied, it is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient, common sense, gun safety laws…even in the face of repeated mass killings."

Obama’s administration is indeed a little too eager to push a stricter gun law that they have even come up with the idea of using a Presidential Executive Order to disarm 4.2 million American Seniors. The unfortunate success of disarming veterans has given the administration a ray of hope that they can cunningly do it in a larger scale. These anti-guns fanatics are planning to coordinate with the Social Security Administration to carry out their “gun safety law”. If passed, the Social Security beneficiaries will no longer be allowed to carry guns if they are not fit mentally to manage their own affairs.

Dr. Marc Rosen, a Yale psychiatrist reported, “Someone can incapable of managing their funds but not be dangerous, violent or unsafe…they are very different determinations.” Who in their right mind uses financial competence as a basis for prohibited gun ownership? If you are incompetent to handle your funds, that does not necessarily follow that you can pose danger to yourself or others by simply owning a gun. These two arguments, common sense says, do not fall on the same category.

This illogical stunt is an outright violation of the Second Amendment rights of citizens that do not pose danger to themselves and the society. This attack to confiscate guns from America’s seniors is a compass hand that is slowly turning its face towards its next victim. Now who’s the next target of this massive gun ban? American adults with ages 18 and above? With Obama’s sheer will to legalize the anti-gun law, this appalling possibility will be here anytime soon if we will just sit here idly and wait to be confiscated.

An Executive Order to Confiscate Guns from American Seniors


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Magna Carta and Its Influence on the Constitution

Who would have thought that a simple piece of parchment created centuries ago would greatly inspire and influence the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights that we know of today? Magna Carta – or the Great Charter – is believed to be one of the most famous and influential document that helped laid the foundations of the freedom and liberty that every free man ought to enjoy today. Embedded within the powerful document are a handful of fundamental principles and values that underline the limited power of a ruler.

Although the Magna Carta did not work out as a peace treaty between King John and his rebellious barons, it had robustly restructured the then inhumane and unjust dealings of the King to his people. This eighteenth-century understanding of the Magna Carta evolved and was taken up by the leaders of the American Revolution. The document asserted the fundamental rights of the free people against an oppressive ruler which sparked the concept of a supreme law that neither the executive mandate nor legislative acts can alter. 

To put a stop to concentrated political powers, some fundamental values from Magna Carta were adopted in the Constitution’s supremacy clause. This political conviction is generated in the constitutional rights of individual citizens that protected them from federal government autocracy. The U.S. Bill of Rights embraced several protections and freedoms of and for the people against “unlawful searches and seizures, a right to a speedy trial, a right to a jury trial in both a criminal and a civil case, protection from loss of life, liberty, or property without due process of law”.

For centuries, Magna Carta's legacy has endured as it continues to influence the law that governs us today. The document that was conceived from the specific complaints of a group of rebel barons has developed through the years into a universal emblem of freedom and liberty. It continues to be the guiding voice that mandates every citizen, including government leaders, to obey the law. After 800 years, the values and principles of Magna Carta continue to echo in the constitutional rights of every person—and it is our sole responsibility to personally and bravely uphold the freedoms that we are entitled to.  

 

Magna Carta and Its Influence on the Constitution

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What you need to know about the U.S. Bill of Rights

As we look ahead to its 224th birthday on December 15, let us remember and retrace some basic facts about the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution which is also collectively known as the Bill of Rights.

The Bill of Rights

1. What is the “Bill of Rights” and how did it come about?

The collective name “Bill of Rights” refers to the first  ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Originally, the Congress proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution on September 25, 1789, but only numbers three through twelve were approved on December 15, 1791. One article that deals with the number and appointments of electoral districts did not become part of the U.S. Constitution. The second article that limits pay raises for Congress members was finally ratified two centuries later and is now known as the 27th amendment.  

James Madison initially proposed the U.S. Bill of Rights as a resolution to the opposition of the proposed draft of the Constitution.  Anti-Federalists were gravely concerned about the basic principles of human liberty which were not seemingly protected by the Constitution. According to those who opposed the Constitution, it failed to look after the personal freedoms of the public as well as regulate the federal government’s power.

2. What is inside the Bill of Rights and where was it inspired from?

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution were heavily influenced by the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776 by George Mason, as well as the English Bill of Rights 1689 and the Magna Carta (1215). The Bill of Rights specified the freedoms of the people not designated inside the U.S. Constitution such as freedom of religion, speech, press, free assembly and petition; the right to bear arms; freedom against unreasonable searches and seizures; rights in criminal cases; rights to a fair trial; rights in civil cases; freedom against excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishments; rights retained by the people which are not particularly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution as well as the powers retained by the states and the people.

3. How many original copies of the Bill of Rights were produced and where can they be found today?

There are 14 original copies of the U.S. Bill of Rights as commissioned by George Washington. The 13 handwritten copies were for the 13 original colonies. One original, handwritten copy of the Bill of Rights can be found at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

 

US Constitution Bill of Rights Quiz

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