Edwards Disregards Constitution
Friday, August 10th, 2007Presidential candidate John Edwards does not respect the U.S. Constitution. The Tenth Amendment states:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Search the U.S. Constitution. Nowhere will you find education. Education is not a right reserved to the federal government. Just to be certain, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in San Antonio v. Rodriguez:
Education, of course, is not among the rights afforded explicit protection under our Federal Constitution. Nor do we find any basis for saying it is implicitly so protected. As we have said, the undisputed importance of education will not alone cause this Court to depart from the usual standard for reviewing a State’s social and economic legislation.
As important and compelling as education may be, it is a right of state government, not the federal government. This is what Fred Thompson pointed out yesterday.
Contrast the Constitution and Mr. Thompson’s view with that of Mr. Edwards. Edwards, pandering to Melissa Etheridge it would appear, called for schools to teach about homosexuality. Why is a man who wants to head the federal government dictate curriculum? Obviously, Mr. Edwards does not respect education let alone the U.S. Constitution.
Watch from 4:47 onward . . .