Let's Interpret the Constitution!!

  Are the Supreme Court justices acting like rock stars or are they just fond of lengthy arguments back and forth? The founding fathers who  were on very advanced level of intellectualism, they clearly separated States from religion. At the same time they made sure to write it down, discuss it and emphasize the importance of human rights regardless of their background, religious beliefs, gender or skin color.

Now looking at the Fourteenth Amendment it states that no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunity of citizens of United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, LIBERTY, or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person with in its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.  It is time to enforce this right to same sex couple in every state and require of the state to treat same sex couples exactly as it treats  heterosexual couples.  In other words, marriage is a fundamental liberty to individuals.  It is unconstitutional to fence out a group of people from exercising their right to marry. 

As a Supreme Court judge, I would vote to require states to recognize marriage performed on foreign soils or in other states whether gay or straight. I would also prohibit irrational ideas of stigma and contamination often labeling same sex marriages. My interpretation of the constitution is simple and straight forward; citizens have the right of privacy in their homes and citizens have the right to live happily. My concern is that denying same sex couple the right to marry under the law would be an attack on democracy especially in a country that shouts out loud on daily basis our American love for freedom, liberty, and Justice. In many cases going to wars in the name of spreading democracies all over the world and in so many cases sacrificing American lives doing it. 

Immigration reform is a human right! (Blog Stage 3)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/opinion/end-immigration-detention.html?ref=topics&_r=0

Jennifer Whitney wrote an article in the New York Times criticizing ICE (Immigration and Custom Enforcement) practices and detentions methods being utilized against undocumented immigrants. I totally agree with her argument especially because I myself come from an immigrant family. So many people are extremely lucky that they are born in a safe and prosperous country like the United States of America but there are millions of people who are born in poor or war torn countries and they have nothing.

 

The vast majority of immigrants who travel thousands of dangerous miles are indeed trying to find a safe haven for themselves and for their children. 

What do they meet when they arrive in the United Sates? They get separated from their children starting with border petrol officers and in most cases they are detained in facilities paid by our tax money. 

President Obama was given the nickname of  "deporter in chief" for a good reason.  Since he came to office in 2009 he deported 2 million immigrants. Wasn't America founded on immigration?  How is it that we as Americans in love with freedoms but we as people and a government deny freedoms to others? 

There is absolutely no doubt that our immigration system is broken. Immigration reform is essential where we come up with new laws starting with vetting immigrants who makes it on our soil.  It's time to find ways to keep justice to the millions who are already here and the thousands that arrive here on daily basis. This way they can integrate into our society. We all agree that the criminals should be deported and the law abiding citizens should stay.  We should never separate family members from each other especially when children are involved.  And among these new laws an end to the privatization of prisons should be presented. 

I find Jennifer's editorial to be very a useful reference to citizens and politicians who  are deeply interested in immigration reform. 

America needs the new founding fathers!

  Commentary on US National Govt. (Blog #7)

It is safe to say that America is unique and exceptional.  The question is; can this be put in positive or negative term? What makes any  country functional is a solid infrastructure built by a solid government in charge.  Americans and in some cases non-Americans give so much credit to our founding fathers in constructing a near perfect and some argue a genius constitution that sparked a powerful beacon in a dark world. 

  One genius of this constitution is building our government body where three branches with equal power must come together and agree to go forward with any decision minor or major and was also able to prevent this government from abusing it's powers to condemn or threaten its citizens. 

You may ask how Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton were able to build an empire of democracy.  The reason behind  that is that they were aware of human history, the European government system, religion, and how citizens can play a pivotal role in establishing a functional government and a successful country. 

They studied Science, they read Plato, they hung out in Paris and thought that the religion was mostly used to control mankind. This is another reason why they made sure to separate State from religion and focused so much on education. After all no one can put together an intelligent and successful country with citizens who lack a reasonable amount of understanding of Science, Geography, Anthropology, Economics, putting laws in place, and the justice system that can be used as an example for the rest of the world. 

  My focus here on the founding fathers is paramount because without them we wouldn't have the country we have right now.  And if the founding fathers came back to modern times they would be disappointed and shocked at government officials we elect and a drug war that's costing us billions of dollars and hundreds of lives, bombing random countries to please and fund the military industrial complex, our arguing and bickering over nuisance issues. Our current government is in desperate need for politicians, law makers and intellectuals like Thomas Paine (Philosopher), Thomas Jefferson (Lawyer), Alexander Hamilton (Constitutional Lawyer), James Madison (Lawyer), John Adams (Constitutional Lawyer). They were not the common men of their day.  Ben Franklin studied Scientific phenomena like lightening. James Madison was fluent in Greek and Latin and could translate Virgil and Cicero. And if Ben Franklin  was alive Today he could explain to the Republicans how mankind are causing or contributing Global Warming.  

  

Our current government is in desperate need for new founding fathers who can end the American corruption, bring out troops home and shut down the American empire. They will be willing and capable in stopping the growth in our deficit. They will be able to repeal destructive rulings such as Citizen United where individuals and corporations can legally donate unlimited amount of money to politicians and to their political campaigns. Our country must wake up and elect politicians who can focus on building our schools to produce the next generation of intellectual Americans. A generation not brain washed by ancient ideologies and superstitions or delusions.  

  The time has come for our elections to be decided by the people to elect the candidate most fit for office to run the country and not the one who spend the most amount of money. The time has come for our country to fire "The lobbyists" and private entities.  America with a complete, just and comprehensive immigration system that can add to its citizenry a more diverse immigrants with new secular and social ideas; because if there is a country that is capable of becoming an equal opportunity and economically prosperous it would be the United States of America.