U.S. CONSTITUTION’S 234TH ANNIVERSARY

TODAY IS THE U.S. CONSTITUTION’S 234TH ANNIVERSARY  

WhiteHouse.gov: The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. Empowered with the sovereign authority of the people by the framers and the consent of the legislatures of the states, it is the source of all government powers, and also provides important limitations on the government that protect the fundamental rights of United States citizens. “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Third President of the United States Thomas Jefferson in a letter to David Hartley, 1787:  “I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.”

 Third President of the United States Thomas Jefferson to William C. Jarvis, 1820 : “I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.” 

 (September 2009) Heritage Foundation (Edwin Meese III) The Meaning Of The Constitution    https://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/the-meaning-the-constitution

Celebrate Constitution Day with Hillsdale College: Live stream starting today at 9:00 A.M.  Schedule of topics and speakershttps://www.hillsdale.edu/educational-outreach/constitution-day-celebration/sept-2020/

The Constitution of the United States

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Read the rest: https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/  

The Bill of Rights

Preamble to the Bill of Rights: The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. [NOTE: The Constitution might never have been ratified if the framers hadn’t promised to add a Bill of Rights. The first ten amendments to the Constitution gave citizens more confidence in the new government and contain many of today’s Americans’ most valued freedoms.] https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights


The Wyoming Republican Party

Constitution Week, September 17th through the 23rd , is an American observance to commemorate the adoption of the United States Constitution.

The aims of the celebration are:

-To emphasize citizen’s responsibilities for protecting and defending the Constitution.
-To inform people that the Constitution is the basis for America’s great heritage and the foundation for our way of life.
-And to encourage the study of the historical events which led to the framing of the Constitution in September 1787.

The Wyoming Republican Party encourages you and your family to learn more about this important document and celebrate the freedoms it guarantees us.

The Constitution: the foundation and reason that sets America apart from the rest of the world. The USA has led the globe in freedom since the time Americans committed in writing these Timeless Principles.