When all else fails, read the instructions! State of American contributing to rocketing demand for Constitution

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For decades, maybe generations, many American citizens coasted through their lives with little thought to the U.S. Constitution. But that's changed in recent months, and in just the last few days, questions have been raised about whether the government can pre-authorize the killing of a terror suspect, where the Constitution stands on the "right" to build a conquest mosque at the site of the 9/11 terror attack, whether babies of illegal aliens should be granted full U.S. citizenship and why the federal government doesn't want Arizona to enforce national restrictions on illegal aliens. Perhaps those reasons and others are why "The Constitution of the United States," a pamphlet that reminds Americans what the Founders designed more than two centuries ago, is the best-seller at the WND Superstore. Just a few weeks back columnist Jonah Goldberg in the Los Angeles Times contrasted how conservatives and "progressives" approach changing the U.S. Constitution. "Whenever conservatives propose a constitutional amendment, progressives suddenly rediscover the delicate gears of the Constitution and the horrible dangers of 'tinkering' or 'tampering' with its precision craftsmanship," he wrote.

"But wait a second. Progressives love to tinker with the constitutional design. They simply do it by stealth, by appointing Supreme Court justices such as Elena Kagan, who, her testimony notwithstanding, everyone knows will treat the Constitution like Felix the Cat's magic bag; when she searches the document hard enough you know she'll find what she's looking for.
"But when conservatives who talk about reverence for the Constitution also want to update it in a way that is actually consistent with the 'genius of our constitutional design,' they are hypocrites and radicals," he wrote.
Earlier surges in demand for the Constitution accompanied action in Congress on Obamacare, a nationalization of health-care decision-making that demands for the first time that Americans purchase a product specified by the government.
"The Constitution of the United States" hit another peak recently after one member of Congress told an audience that the federal government can do pretty much as it pleases.
It was California Democrat Rep. Pete Stark who was responding to questions about Obamacare and how it can be constitutional when it makes such extraordinary demands on voters.



In response, he said, "I think that there are very few constitutional limits that would prevent the federal government from rules that could affect your private life."
He added a minute later, "The federal government, yes, can do most anything in this country."
Audience members pointed out that the statements fly in the face of the Constitution, which pointedly limits the powers of the federal government, reserving to the states and the people all other rights.
The Constitution in demand among WND readers was printed by the National Center for Constitutional Studies. It has been proofed word for word against the original Constitution housed in the Archives in Washington, D.C.
It is identical in spelling, capitalization and punctuation. This 48-page pocket-size document also includes the Bill of Rights, Amendments 11-27, the Declaration of Independence and a complete index of the Constitution.
On the front cover of this pocket Constitution is a four-color picture of George Washington holding a quill in his hand, inviting each American to pledge commitment to the Constitution by maintaining and promoting its standard of liberty.