I believe the Constitution exists. I agree with many supporters of the Constitution, but in the end I am not really sold on it being the greatest constitution that we could have. I like the idea of a Constitutional Republic, but only if we can use it to restrain government much more than we have done so far.

No. We know the SCOTUS has ruled that the feds cannot control STATE police. That’s as it should be according to the Constitution.

….you…*do*…believe in the Constitution, don’t you?

Correct this and I’ll think about reading the rest.

“I doubt you would be pissed going 70 in a 65 wishing someone fully armed would pull you over and demand you pay his salary. ”

That line is priceless.

Sure, there are a few bad apples, but most of them are just good people doing their jobs…HA! Start a conversation with the average person, and notice how they’re actually unable to think beyond this canned response.

The police force where I reside once left me, an infant, a toddler and a small child in a vehicle that I could not operate (I did not know how to drive a manual at the time) after arresting the driver of the car for a suspended license–of which of course they had no legal obligation to inform him about until he was arrested for the violation. When I told one of the officers, who was driving a large SUV, that we needed a ride to the station, he made it clear that he had no obligation to give me, or the children, a ride. He then “graciously” offered to push the car with his SUV up the road a bit where it was less likely we would be hit by an oncoming car… and drove away. Had a relative not have come and got us, we would have been stranded there for hours.

Serve & protect? My ASS.