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And if the individual right to vote is already in the Constitution , why did n't it take precedent over Florida 's arbitrary December 12 deadline to count all the votes ? The citizens of America need to be instructed that , as sovereign , they possess powerful instruments with which they can take back their Constitution whenever they choose , including the electoral process , impeachment of judges , constitutional amendment , declaratory and prohibitory laws nullifying abusive court holdings , legislative denial of jurisdiction , and others . There is agreement that each level of Government should be democratically elected , with certain specified powers and functions protected by the constitution , where appropriate . In order to ensure that historical inequalities are redressed , citizens are equally treated and protected by the constitution , where agreed , it is necessary that regional and local government operate within a national framework guided by the same set of democratic principles . " Such is Mr. Hamilton 's construction of the constitution , when he forgets his imaginary national government , and the supremacy with which he invests it , under the control of the people only . " We see what was the opinion of the State of Virginia , with respect to the powers of the Constitution , when she was called upon to ratify or reject it . The above clause , which sanctioned the importation of slaves by the States for twenty years after the adoption of the Constitution , when considered with the section requiring escaped slaves to be returned to their masters , Art . An awareness of these changes makes it incumbent upon us to heed the advice of the framers of the Washington constitution when they said : " A frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is essential to the security of individual right and the perpetuity of free government . Nations , the Secretary-General of the United Nations will register this Constitution when it has been signed without reservation as to approval on behalf of one State or upon deposit of the first instrument of acceptance . Cf. J. W. Hampton , 276 U.S ., at 412 ( Taft , C. J. ) ( " contemporaneous legislative exposition of the Constitution when the founders of our Government and the framers of our Constitution were actively participating in public affairs . In regard to an express grant , there could be no dispute ; and the doctrine of necessary implication was proved by the Constitution , when in the last clause of the 8th section , it grants to Congress the power " to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers , and all other powers vested by that Constitution in the government of the United States , or in any department or officer thereof . They cite Carter v. Carter Coal Co ., 298 U.S. 238 ( 1936 ) , for the proposition that Congress violates the Constitution when it enacts legislation allowing one group to impose a law upon members of another group . It amazes me that with all this talk about the patriot act being a tool that government uses to destroy our constitution , Why is it that the LIBERTARIAN party has not run full page ads in the nations leading newspapers demanding a stop to this assault on our individual rights ?