Tail wags dog? Bachmann wants Constitution classes

October 31st, 2010 1:17 am  |  by  |  Published in Big Government, Commentary, Constitution, Liberty, Maven Commentary, Politics  |  4 Responses

Michele Bachmann wants her fellow lawmakers to go back to school. She’d like to make Constitution classes available to our elected officials.

I’m all for our representatives learning more about the Constitution, but isn’t it a bit backwards to ask them to swear an oath to defend something and then ask them to go to school to learn about what they just swore to defend?

From Politico:

For the Tea Party soldiers worried that the young upstarts they’re poised to send to Congress will lose their constitutional druthers once they get to Congress, Rep. Michele Bachmann has a message: Fear not, she’s going to set up constitutional classes.

Bachmann spokesman Sergio Gor says, “It was something she’s always wanted to do. There’s so many folks that come to Capitol Hill to discuss obscure and mundane topics, but no one coming regularly to discuss bill of rights or the role of government.”

Bachmann won’t be teaching the classes, Gor says, but will help organize sessions with constitutional scholars, experts, and judges likely to be held in one of the committee rooms on the Capitol Hill complex. The classes will be open to any members — not just freshman — looking to continue their study of America’s founding documents. They will not be open, however, to staff or members of the press, and the list of speakers won’t be made public.

I can think of only one appropriate “speaker” or teacher of the U.S. Constitution for these lawmakers. And no, it’s certainly not our constitutional scholar President of the United States. When I read “constitution” and “class” in the same sentence I can think of no one other than Michael Badnarik. I wouldn’t trust anyone else with the task.

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  1. GigiBowman says:

    October 31st, 2010 at 8:06 am (#)

    Michele Bachmann might need to take her own Constitution Class since she VOTED FOR THE PATRIOT ACT!____Another Republican Hypocrite

  2. AngelaTC says:

    October 31st, 2010 at 3:08 pm (#)

    I could live with Tom Woods teaching it.

  3. LibertarianMike says:

    October 31st, 2010 at 9:52 pm (#)

    I was thinking the same exact thing. It's rather disgusting we hear all this lip-service paid to the Constitution from neocons….

  4. marcg says:

    October 31st, 2010 at 10:46 pm (#)

    Good point… me too. How could I forget about Woods?

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