| Show r A I J e WE WEEKLY EKlY t i CONSTITUTIONAL S nJ tV TERNS Only Right Makes Right 1 i Are the principles of or our government govern ment right because they are In our Constitution The ten commandments are not right b because cause they aro are in the tho Bible They aro in the Bible because they aro are right 1 With this In mind let us see whether the following principles of j 1 Constitution protect us against despotism 1 1 Our Constitution makes the people master and the govern went ment our servant 2 2 It grants the government only such powers as are listed 3 It distributes these powers among three separate and Independent Independent In dependent departments Instead of concentrating them in one department 4 It declares our Constitution tobe tobe to tobe be the law and provides provides pro pro- vides that only the people can amend it 5 5 It creates a Supreme Court to see that both bolh the people and I the obey our Con Con- ConI I as the supreme law of ot i ithe the land I We of ot today toda do not need to preserve pre pre- w i I li al 1 Cap St wJ I t. t Ii i serve these merely because because be b cause they are aie In our Constitution Like the teu ten commandments we we need to observe and preserve them only If it they are right Copyright 1937 by Max Berns t |
