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If enacted, the Constitution Restoration Act will effectively transform the

United States into a theocracy, where the arbitrary dictates of a " higher power "

can override law.

 

By Chris Floyd

Published: March 12, 2004

 

One of the sticking points in crafting the just-signed " interim constitution " of

the Pentagon cash cow formerly known as Iraq was the question of acknowledging

Islam as the fundamental source of law. After much wrangling, a fudge was worked

out that cites the Koran as a fundamental source of legal authority, with the

proviso that no law can be passed that conflicts with Islam.

 

We in the enlightened West smile at such theocratic quibbling, of course:

Imagine, national leaders insisting that a modern state be governed solely by

divine authority! Governments guaranteeing the right of religious extremists to

impose their views on society! What next -- debates about how many angels can

dance on the head of a pin? Oh, those poor, ignorant barbarians in Babylon!

 

Well, wipe that smile off your face. For even now, the ignorant barbarians in

Washington are pushing a law through Congress that would " acknowledge God as the

sovereign source of law, liberty [and] government " in the United States. What's

more, it would forbid all legal challenges to government officials who use the

power of the state to enforce their own view of " God's sovereign authority. " Any

judge who dared even hear such a challenge could be removed from office.

 

 

 

 

The " Constitution Restoration Act of 2004 " is no joke; it was introduced last

month by some of the Bush Regime's most powerful Congressional sycophants. If

enacted, it will effectively transform the American republic into a theocracy,

where the arbitrary dictates of a " higher power " -- as interpreted by a judge,

policeman, bureaucrat or president -- can override the rule of law.

 

 

 

 

The Act -- drafted by a minion of television evangelist Pat Robertson -- is the

fruit of decades of work by a group of extremists known broadly as

" Dominionists. " Their openly expressed aim is to establish " biblical rule " over

every aspect of society -- placing " the state, the school, the arts and

sciences, law, economics, and every other sphere under Christ the King. " Or as

Attorney General John Ashcroft -- the nation's chief law enforcement officer --

has often proclaimed: " America has no king but Jesus! "

 

According to Dominionist literature, " biblical rule " means execution --

preferably by stoning -- of homosexuals and other " revelers in licentiousness " ;

massive tax cuts for the rich (because " wealth is a mark of God's favor " ); the

elimination of government programs to alleviate poverty and sickness (because

these depend on " confiscation of wealth " ); and enslavement for debtors. No legal

challenges to " God's order " will be allowed. And because this order is divinely

ordained, the " elect " can use any means necessary to establish it, including

deception, subversion, even violence. As Robertson himself adjures the faithful:

" Zealous men force their way in. "

 

Again, this is no tiny band of cranks meeting in some basement in Alabama, as

recent reports by investigators Karen Yurica and David Neiwert make clear. The

Dominionists are bankrolled and directed by deep-pocketed, well-connected

business moguls and political operatives who have engineered a takeover of the

Republican Party and are now at the heart of the U.S. government. They've made

common cause with the " American Empire " faction -- Cheney, Rumsfeld, the

neo-conservatives -- who seek " full-spectrum dominance " over the globe. The

Dominionists provide money and domestic political muscle for the Dominators'

imperial ambitions; in return, the Dominators provide a practical vehicle --

overwhelming military might and state power -- for making the Dominionists'

dreams a reality.

 

The Dominionist movement was founded by the late R.J. Rushdoony, a busy beaver

who also co-founded the Council for National Policy. The CNP is the politburo of

the American conservative movement, filled with top-rank political and business

leaders who set the national agenda for the vast echo chamber of right-wing

foundations, publishers, media networks and universities that have schooled a

whole generation in obscurantist bile -- just as the extremist Wahabbi religious

schools funded by Saudi billionaires have poisoned the Islamic world with hatred

and ignorance.

 

One of the chief moneybags behind the rise of Dominionism was tycoon Harold

Ahmanson, Rushdoony's protege and fellow CNP member. In addition to establishing

theocracy in America, Ahmanson has another abiding interest: computerized voting

machines. As reported here last year, Ahmanson, a fervent Bush backer, was

instrumental in establishing two of the Republican-controlled companies now

rushing to install their highly hackable machines -- with untraceable,

unrecountable electronic ballots -- across the country in time for the November

election.

 

The Dominionists also have strong backing on the Supreme Court, Yurica notes.

Justice Antonin Scalia, author of the unconstitutional ruling that gave Bush the

presidency, declared in the theological journal First Things that the state

derives its moral authority from God, not the " consent of the governed, " as that

old licentious reveler Thomas Jefferson held in the Declaration of Independence.

No, government " is the 'minister of God' with powers to 'revenge,' to 'execute

wrath,' including even wrath by the sword, " Scalia wrote. He railed against the

" tendency of democracy to obscure the divine authority behind government. "

 

Meanwhile, the tools of dominion keep expanding. Just days after the

Congressional Bushists launched their theocratic missile, General Ralph

Eberhart, head of America's first domestic military command, said the Regime

must now bring the experience learned on foreign battlefields to the " Homeland "

itself, including the integration of police, military and intelligence forces,

" wide-area surveillance of the United States " and " urban warfare tactics, "

GovExec.com reports.

 

Put this juggernaut at the service of democracy-hating extremists with no legal

restraints on their enforcement of " God's sovereign authority " -- plus a proven

track record of subverting the law to gain political power -- and what would you

have? A mullah state? A military theocracy?

 

Or should we just call it " a second term " ?

 

Annotations

 

 

New Domionist Bill Limits the Supreme Court's Jurisdiction

The Yurica Report, Feb. 28, 2004

 

The Despoiling of America

The Yurica Report, Feb. 11, 2004

 

Divine Transmissions

Rush, Newspeak and Facism, David Neiwert, June 2003

 

Constitution Restoration Act of 2004

U.S. House of Representatives Bill HR 3799, Feb. 11, 2004

 

Antonin Scalia: God's Justice and Ours

First Things, May 2002

 

Homeland Defense Chief Predicts Long War on Terror

GovExec.com, March 4, 2004

 

How George W. Bush Won the 2004 Presidential Election

Infernal Press, September 2003

 

Theocratic Dominionism Gains Influence

The Public Eye, March/June 1994

 

Avenging Angel of the Religious Right

Salon.com, Jan. 6, 2004

 

Jesus Plus Nothing

Harpers, March 2003

 

E-Voting: How it Can Put the Wrong Candidate in Office

Common Dreams, Sept. 3, 2003

 

The Theft of Your Vote is Just a Chip Away

Thom Hartmann, July 31, 2003

 

Mishaps Run Deeper Than New Machines

San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 7, 2004

 

College for the Home-Schooled is Shaping Leaders for the Right

New York Times, March 8, 2004

 

Diebold's Political Machine

Mother Jones, March 3, 2004

 

Crossing the Threshold

Boston Phoenix, March 5, 2004

 

Homeland Security Information Network to Expand Collaboration

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Feb. 24, 2004

 

Slavery Under God's Laws

Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt Manipulators, Institute for Christian

Economics, 1981,

 

Stoning: Integral to Commandment Against Murder

The Sinai Strategy: Economics and the Ten Commandment, Institute for Christian

Economics, 1986, http://www.serve.com/thibodep/cr/stoning2.htm

 

World Conquest: The Obligation of Christian Politics

The Changing of the Guard, Dominion Press, 1987

 

An Anthology of Reconstructist Thought

Christian Reconstructionism, November 2002

 

Judicial Warfare: Christian Reconstructionism and its Blueprint for Dominion

Crown Rights Press, 2003

 

2004 The Moscow Times. All rights reserved.

 

 

 

 

 

Constitution Restoration Act of 2004

 

HR 3799 IH

 

 

 

108th CONGRESS

 

2d Session

 

 

 

H. R. 3799

To limit the jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote

federalism.

 

 

 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

February 11, 2004

 

 

 

 

Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself and Mr. PENCE) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A BILL

To limit the jurisdiction of Federal courts in certain cases and promote

federalism.

 

 

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of

America in Congress assembled,

 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 

This Act may be cited as the `Constitution Restoration Act of 2004'.

 

TITLE I--JURISDICTION

 

SEC. 101. APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

 

(a) IN GENERAL-

 

(1) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28- Chapter 81 of title 28, United States Code, is

amended by adding at the end the following:

 

`Sec. 1260. Matters not reviewable

 

`Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall

not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certiorari, or otherwise,

any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an element of Federal,

State, or local government, or against an officer of Federal, State, or local

government (whether or not acting in official personal capacity), by reason of

that element's or officer's acknowledgement of God as the sovereign source of

law, liberty, or government.'.

 

(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS- The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 81 of

title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

 

`1260. Matters not reviewable.'.

 

(b) APPLICABILITY- Section 1260 of title 28, United States Code, as added by

subsection (a), shall not apply to an action pending on the date of enactment of

this Act, except to the extent that a party or claim is sought to be included in

that action after the date of enactment of this Act.

 

SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS ON JURISDICTION.

 

(a) IN GENERAL-

 

(1) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28- Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is

amended by adding at the end of the following:

 

`Sec. 1370. Matters that the Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to review

 

`Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district court shall not have

jurisdiction of a matter if the Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction to

review that matter by reason of section 1260 of this title.'.

 

(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS- The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 85 of

title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

 

`1370. Matters that the Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to review.'.

 

(b) APPLICABILITY- Section 1370 of title 28, United States Code, as added by

subsection (a), shall not apply to an action pending on the date of enactment of

this Act, except to the extent that a party or claim is sought to be included in

that action after the date of enactment of this Act.

 

TITLE II--INTERPRETATION

 

SEC. 201. INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

 

In interpreting and applying the Constitution of the United States, a court of

the United States may not rely upon any constitution, law, administrative rule,

Executive order, directive, policy, judicial decision, or any other action of

any foreign state or international organization or agency, other than the

constitutional law and English common law.

 

TITLE III--ENFORCEMENT

 

SEC. 301. EXTRAJURISDICTIONAL CASES NOT BINDING ON STATES.

 

Any decision of a Federal court which has been made prior to or after the

effective date of this Act, to the extent that the decision relates to an issue

removed from Federal jurisdiction under section 1260 or 1370 of title 28, United

States Code, as added by this Act, is not binding precedent on any State court.

 

SEC. 302. IMPEACHMENT, CONVICTION, AND REMOVAL OF JUDGES FOR CERTAIN

EXTRAJURISDICTIONAL ACTIVITIES.

 

To the extent that a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States or any

judge of any Federal court engages in any activity that exceeds the jurisdiction

of the court of that justice or judge, as the case may be, by reason of section

1260 or 1370 of title 28, United States Code, as added by this Act, engaging in

that activity shall be deemed to constitute the commission of--

 

(1) an offense for which the judge may be removed upon impeachment and

conviction; and

 

(2) a breach of the standard of good behavior required by article III, section 1

of the Constitution.

END