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Battle Over Critical Race Theory Will Determine the Future of the American Republic

7/5/2021 - Thomas Glessner Townhall.com

Virginia’s current battle over critical race theory in schools exemplifies the cultural war now raging. Critical race theory is a subset of “wokeism,” or woke culture. This movement seeks to permanently divide our country. 

The eyes of the nation are focused on these school board proceedings. Parents in Virginia’s Loudoun County school district are at the forefront of this battle for America’s soul. If the woke movement prevails, the future of the American republic is questionable. 

Upon exiting the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what sort of government had been created. His answer: "A republic, if we can keep it." Historically, the life span of most republics is short – usually less than two centuries.  

We commonly refer to America as a democracy, but it is not. A pure democracy means that the majority rule controls and the rights of minorities are disregarded. Equality in a democracy is defined by the majority. If a majority says that red-headed, blue-eyed males are subhuman, then they are so regarded under the law. America is a constitutional republic – not a democracy – with checks and balances that protect individuals and minorities against a tyranny of the majority.

The American Constitution brilliantly balances the rights of individuals with the need for an effective government. The Bill of Rights codifies our inalienable rights. The First Amendment’s specified rights of freedom of religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly and freedom to petition one’s representatives for a redress of grievances define American-ordered liberty.   

The Declaration of Independence, the foundation of our Constitution, declares all human beings are created with unalienable rights. At the heart of our republic is the value of each individual created with unalienable rights coming from God – not government.     

Yes, our republic has experienced serious flaws, slavery being the most grievous. The Preamble to our Constitution proclaims America was established to achieve “a more perfect union.” Our nation is not perfect (and never will be), but we continually strive for perfection. Our Constitution contains the means to correct injustices. The abolition of slavery and the establishment of the right for women to vote are only two examples of ongoing pursuits for perfection.  

We are on the verge of losing our republic to a mob that wants to obliterate the rights of those who disagree with its politically correct ethos. “Wokeism” is the worldview of this mob. This “enlightened” view sees America as racist, dividing us into two classes – the oppressors and the oppressed.  

These classes are determined by race. If one is white, then no matter what that person thinks about others, he is an oppressor and a racist. Likewise, if one is black, no matter how successful he has become, he is a victim of systematic racism. This is the foundation of critical race theory and what is being protested by parents in Loudoun County.

Woke culture requires the abolition of traditional gender, proclaiming that gender is a subjective, self-determined aspect of one’s individuality. All who disagree are ridiculed and denounced as bigots. Some are punished with the loss of their careers. Others are shamed into silence. 

“Wokeism” and critical race theory promotes class warfare. It does not build and improve but divides and destroys. It seeks to eliminate individual thinking, replacing it with collectivist thought and group thinking. 

The woke movement sees freedom of individual thought and speech as unimportant. The thoughts of individuals are to be controlled by the woke elite, which believes it is morally superior and must impose such thinking on others.

Woke culture claims that traditions must be canceled and replaced with a new “enlightened” view of humanity. If one disagrees, then they must be reeducated in actions such as those taken by the Loudoun County School Board. If such efforts fail, dissenters must be humiliated and ostracized. 

In the new woke world order, reeducation programs will eventually be mandated to reform the perceived bigoted way of traditional thinking. Those who cannot be reformed will be removed. History has gone down this road before in Hitler’s death camps, the Gulags of Stalinist Russia and the extermination camps of Mao. At this point, the death of the American Republic will have become complete.

Which of these powerful forces will win? The battle in Loudon County is the opening salvo in a conflict that will determine the future of our great constitutional republic. We all must now comprehend the wise statement of Benjamin Franklin because our future depends upon it. Will we keep our republic?

 

 

Declaration of Independence - Timeless Wisdom

 

Democrats Versus America's Founding Documents

By Jeff M. Lewis www.americanthinker.com

Considering events of the past few weeks, it seems fitting to review what the Founders had to say in America’s core documents -- the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution – and then to compare those words with the public words and actions of our federal politicians. Of course, everyone is (or should be) familiar with these words from the Declaration:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed....” (Emphasis added)

In addition to that timeless wisdom, the Founders constructed and ratified the Constitution to limit the Government’s power. They also had the wisdom to define individual citizen’s inherent rights in the Bill of Rights. Without these first ten amendments, which effectively closed potential loopholes that the founders knew from experience the government would seek to exploit, some historical commentaries opine that the Constitution might not have been ratified.

Furthermore, it’s because of the Bill of Rights that the Constitution, and the power of We the People of the United States of America, quite likely would not have continued to exist as we have for nigh on two-hundred-forty-five years.

What should be concerning to the citizenry -- “the governed;” you and me -- is how readily the words and actions of those we have elected violate the spirit of the principles set down for posterity in our founding. Even more alarming, more than a few in our elected government say or do things that violate their Oath of Office, to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States....”

Consider the following examples:

Joe Biden stated in a public address from the White House, “The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own.”

To their credit, several fact-checkers have called out Joe Biden for his obvious misrepresentations about the Second Amendment, but I have not heard him or his spokespeople retract or clarify his statements in a way that could illustrate his fealty to the Constitution, rather than an insatiable lust for ever-more power.

As the Attorney General of California, Kamala Harris once demanded a list of donors from a conservative non-profit organization. To their credit, the non-profits declined to submit to her demands because they believed to do so would be a violation of their (and their donors) First Amendment Constitutional rights. On Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision affirming the rights of the non-profits over the government’s contrived rights.

Does it not make one curious that those in power routinely -- nearly constantly – must be told to “get back!” and must be reminded that the Constitution limits their power, not the people’s rights?

The person who most clearly defines the Democrats' dour view of the Constitution came from Barack Obama when he was still Candidate Obama, a Senator from Illinois. As a Senator, he would have already taken the Oath of Office; as a proclaimed “Constitutional Scholar,” he had had a crystal-clear understanding of the limits the Constitution imposes on the government. Obama’s problem with the constitution was that he obviously regretted its constraints on government:

“Generally, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can’t do to you. Says what the federal government can’t do to you. But it doesn’t say what the state or federal government must do on your behalf.”

Damn right! The Constitution of the United States of American most definitely limits what the government can and cannot do. Now, for those who have spent a great many years learning to decipher politicians’ – especially Democrat politicians’ -- carefully crafted pronouncements, the warning signals should be flashing brightly. The former President, as a candidate for the Office of the President of the United States, was expressing his regret that the Constitution would limit him.

Listening carefully, we can clearly see, hear, and understand these politicians’ disdain for the Constitution; that is, for the liberties guaranteed to the people and not to their government (or their idea of government).

Their words and actions make this clear and clearly reveal who they are. They want a “living” Constitution that can be crafted to their own political desires, that suits them and empowers them to dictate to those they intend to rule. They envision an ever-changing, never-ending list of demands that will further solidify their control.

They are, therefore, disqualified for elected office. And yet, because elections have consequences, we have the government we chose -- and deserve.

I am usually only in command of what is clearly obvious, but I honestly wonder: am I the only person who sees this? I doubt that can be true.

We, as Americans, have been given a legacy of Freedom that has done more to liberate the world’s population and lift that population out of oppressive, generational poverty than any other nation in human history. But Freedom is no longer on the march. Instead, it is under attack, both here, within our borders, and by our enemies abroad.

There was once a time when 56 men -- wealthy, white men -- pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to sign a document that would plant the seeds to establish a government founded in Freedom. They intended to – and did -- guarantee the freedom and equal opportunity of every citizen to become as successful, as wealthy, and as powerful as these men were, should citizens choose to do so in their “pursuit of happiness.”

What will we pledge to preserve the best of America? We must right the wrongs, yes, but we must also protect and defend our legacy of Freedom. Hopefully, it will become clear that those who hold elected office have violated their oath of office and have disqualified themselves from service.

I believe so, and Here I Stand.

Jeff M. Lewis is a self-employed small business owner and resides with his family in South Texas.

 

 

Biden Border Chaotic Crisis Errupts Into Gunfire

 

Gunfire Erupts in Mexican Border Town as Smuggler Makes Candid Admission About Biden's Border Crisis

7/2/2021 - Julio Rosas Townhall.com

ROMA, Texas — It was another busy night on the Rio Grande as smugglers continued to bring over illegal immigrants in rafts as the surge seems to be unending. One big difference from what the scene looked like earlier in the week was members of the Texas National Guard were stationed on the riverbank to intercept the border crossers.

As if to highlight how many people wanted to cross that night, rafts filled with people were coming across the Rio Grande two at a time instead of one raft per trip. When questioning one of the coyotes about how much easier it is to cross now under the Biden administration, he said it was much easier to smuggle people across because Biden is giving people asylum.

The coyote added things were more difficult for the smugglers when former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump were in office because U.S. boats would patrol the river at all hours of the day and night.

The Biden administration has tried to blame the recent border crossing surge on poor economic conditions, exacerbated by COVID-19 and hurricanes, and Trump's approach to immigration, despite those factors existing in 2020 and border encounters were not nearly as high as they are now.

One notable group of people who crossed on Thursday were two special needs children. A Border Patrol agent told me in March that in addition to a higher number of minors crossing into the U.S., they had seen an increase in children with special needs making the dangerous trip to the U.S.-Mexico border.

After one trip was completed and the smugglers were on the Mexican side of the river, a large amount of gunfire coming from Ciudad Miguel Alemán, the city across from Roma, could be heard. This spooked the illegal immigrants and the coyotes, evidenced by them turning off their flashlights and going silent for about ten minutes. Once they started to ferry people across the river, one smuggler said they were trying to get everyone over as fast as they could so they could leave the area.

The Northeast Cartel and the Gulf Cartel have been fighting for control of Miguel Alemán, though it is unclear at press time if Thursday's gunfire was between the two groups or if it was a confrontation between one of the cartels and Mexican law enforcement. 

 

Finally, SCOTUS Takes a Stand!

 

'A Win for Election Integrity': Supreme Court Hands Democrats a Big Loss

7/1/2021 - Reagan McCarthy Townhall.com

The Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s voting law that cracks down on ballot harvesting and takes aim at mail-in ballot fraud, despite a challenge from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The high court ruled that the reforms in Arizona’s law do not violate the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Alito, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Thomas, and Barrett sided with Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, while Justices Kagan, Breyer, and Sotomayor said that the law violates Section 2 of the VRA.

“The present dispute concerns two features of Arizona voting law, which generally makes it quite easy for residents to vote. All Arizonans may vote by mail for 27 days before an election using an ‘early ballot,’” Justice Alito wrote for the majority opinion. “The regulations at issue in this suit govern precinct based election-day voting and early mail-in voting. Voters who choose to vote in person on election day in a county that uses the precinct system must vote in their assigned precincts. If a voter goes to the wrong polling place, poll workers are trained to direct the voter to the right location...In light of the principles set out above, neither Arizona’s out-of-precinct rule nor its ballot-collection law violates [section 2] of the VRA. Arizona’s out-of-precinct rule enforces the requirement that voters who choose to vote in person on election day must do so in their assigned precincts. Having to identify one’s own polling place and then travel there to vote does not exceed the ‘usual burdens of voting.’”

Brnovich said that the court's decision is a win for election integrity in Arizona and nationwide.

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel also weighed in on the big loss for the DNC, applauding the court for seeing through Democrats' "partisan lies."

"Today's United States Supreme Court ruling is a resounding victory for election integrity and the rule of law. Democrats were attempting to make Arizona ballots less secure for political gain, and the Court saw right through their partisan lies. In Arizona and across the nation, states know best how to manage their own elections," McDaniel said in a release. "The RNC is proud to have worked closely with the Arizona GOP to support this historic victory, and we will continue our comprehensive efforts to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat."

While the Supreme Court sides with common-sense voting reforms, the Biden administration is suing Georgia for the newly-enacted voting law that also aims to crack down on fraud while expanding access to the ballot box.